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  • Closed handmade journal with a multicolor cover woven from recycled sari cloth, tan leather strap with button, and a wrap tie ending in a heart-shaped charm
  • Person seated on a gray sofa holding the woven sari journal open, showing blank cream handmade paper pages and a dark multicolor cover
  • Two closed handmade journals with a multicolor cover woven from recycled sari cloth, tan leather strap with button, and a wrap tie ending in a heart-shaped charm
  • Hand resting on a closed woven sari journal with leather strap and wrap tie, showing its size in a lap
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The Retelling — Woven Sari Journal

$45.00
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The cover comes first: strips of old sari cloth, twisted and woven by hand into a thick, nubbly fabric you can feel under your thumb. A leather strap and a long wrap tie hold it shut, finished with a small heart-shaped charm. Inside, fifty pages of cream handmade paper — the kind that makes a pen slow down.

Every sari here had a life before this one. Worn, washed, folded away — then cut into strips, woven, and handed a new story to hold. Each journal is made by the women of Biborton Handmade Paper, a Prokritee workshop in Bangladesh, and no two covers come out the same. For the traveler, the graduate, the one starting something new — or anyone who still thinks best on paper.

Approx. 8.5 × 6 in (21.6 × 15.2 cm) · 331 g · Handmade paper, recycled sari cloth, leather trim · Handwoven cover · Handmade in Bangladesh

Colors and patterns vary. Each journal is one of a kind, and yours will differ from the one pictured.

Dimensions

Approx. 8.5 in H × 6 in W (21.6 × 15.2 cm)

Origin

Bangladesh

MATERIALS

Handmade paper; cover woven from recycled sari cloth; leather trim and tie. ⚠️ Button and heart charm material unconfirmed (they look like coconut shell).

STORY

Every sari in this cover had a life before this one. The cloth is cut into strips, twisted, and woven by hand into a thick, textured fabric, then bound around fifty pages of handmade paper and closed with a leather wrap tie. Each journal is made by the women of Biborton Handmade Paper, a Prokritee workshop in Bangladesh. No two covers are alike, which suits a book meant to hold one person’s story.

Care Instructions

Spot clean the cover gently with a barely damp cloth; do not soak or machine wash. Store out of prolonged direct sunlight to protect the dyes. The leather will soften and darken with handling.

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