leslie herger

I'm a bookbinder with a DayJob just trying to find my way to making art.

I’m Leslie Herger and I’ve been making books since 1997. An interest in creating a sketchbook that had different paper for my varying needs drove me towards creating my first book. IN the last 11 years I’ve learned a lot about making books. I’m also something of a notebook addict buying the work of others and testing out various notebooks. I’ve been blogging about my addiction; I mean experiments since 2002, just now moving everything over to my own host.

In 1997 I had no goals for my bookbinding other than to create a few cool books for myself and a few as gifts. I stumbled upon selling them when I was furiously attempting to finish binding some small pocket sized Coptic stitched books for Christmas gifts on my lunch break. A coworker asked me what I was doing, I explained and she asked if she could buy one of my books as a gift. Always willing to make a buck, I said sure. And the bookbinding portion of Comfortable Shoes Studio was born.

Have some hints, tips or ideas? I’d love to hear them? Send them my way here: leslie.herger{@}gmail[dot]com