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Handmade
- All Bookboxes are handmade on Vancouver Island, in Canada
- Every one. Every step.
Crafting Process
- All Bookboxes are handmade in Canada, on Vancouver Island.
- A lot of people know how to hollow-out books - but not like us!
- What we have learned over the past 18 years is how to make elegant bookboxes, consistently and quickly
- The pages of each book are first dipped into a vat of non toxic glue or starch
- The books are then clamped in gangs to avoid warping during the curing process
- Curing takes place in a pressurized drying chamber
- The hardened pages are then individually machined using various kinds of cutting tools
Quality
- Every bookbox is quality controlled at least two times
- There is variation is the appearance of Bookboxes but not in the workmanship
- All bookboxes are made from 'pre-owned' books and therefore may have scuffs and dents - which is part of their charm and camouflage
Sources of Books
- We really do recycle
- All books are acquired from charities, recyclers, community organizations or publishers
- We are always looking for new sources of books. Contact us
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