Product Overview
Fit for Purpose ✓
To be environmentally friendly, a product really needs to be well made and long lasting and of course do the job it is bought to do.
Our products go through rigorous testing as part of our design and development and can withstand day to day use for extended periods of time.
All about Upbound
A – An Upbound Journal
B – An open Journal showing plain paper and pages from the original publication
C – An open Journal showing a unique bookmark made from the spine of the original book
D – Top View – The wire binding allows Journals, Notebooks & Sketchbooks to be opened completely (almost 360 degrees)
Upbound Books typically use 120 – 150gsm quality paper – ideal for writing, sketching and even for watercolours.
Accessible by Design
Upbound books lay flat by design, making them much easier to use than conventionally bound books, for anyone with arthritis or limited use of their hands.
Upbound Book example
An Upbound Book is an old unwanted book, upcycled and revalued.
Upbound books are individually and uniquely created from original publications. The spines are removed and selected pages from the original book are interspersed with a quality reclaimed paper. The original covers are retained and reinforced.
The books are then wire bound (using the best wire binding available) into these very unique Journals, Notebooks, Sketch books & Diaries.
Upbound books are available with lined paper, ribbon markers and unique bookmarks made from the book’s spine. Custom diaries are available in a choice of seasons, languages or even multilingual.
Revalued Upbound Books and Journals are often transformed into treasured items. They certainly make fantastic gifts, when we first created them in 2008, we were astonished by the excitement many customers showed upon first discovering an Upbound Book.
Upbound Anything!
The concept of Upbound – if you can imagine it as a cover of a book, than the chances are it can be made in to one.
Have a look at our gallery below for some inspiring ideas of notebooks, journals, sketchbooks and diaries.
All these products really do go down a treat and just about always sell.
Gallery of Upbound examples
All about Upweave
What is Upweaving?
Upweaving involves upcycling unwanted resources into useful products by using a simple loop weaving process.
Using a really versatile weaving technique, upweaving transforms unwanted resources such as Tetra Pak milk and juice cartons, inner tubes, bottles and cans into fruit baskets, shopping bags, hand bags, beach bags, picnic baskets, laundry baskets, mats, hammocks and more.
We will help you identify sources of waste materials, sorting and storing. We will give full equipment and training to enable your group to produce a variety of products. We’ll help you with branding and marketing and help you begin to sell your products both locally and online. Part of the cresse package is a pipeline to new product designs as they become available. We also offer ongoing help and support and training videos as they become available.
Simple Workflow
Step by step Process
The manufacturing process of our products has been carefully examined and wherever possible simplified.
By breaking the tasks down into simple stages, we have ensured that there are not only a variety of tasks, but a variety of levels of tasks to suit the needs and abilities of the people in your group.
Step by step Process
The manufacturing process of our products has been carefully examined and wherever possible simplified.
By breaking the tasks down into simple stages, we have ensured that there are not only a variety of tasks, but a variety of levels of tasks to suit the needs and abilities of the people in your group.