The Watermelon Art Book
$39.99
Inspired by the colors of summer, The Watermelon Art Book features a playful pink and green striped handmade paper cover with naturally deckled edges.
Inside are thick, handmade pages crafted from upcycled cotton textile scraps, giving discarded fabric a new life on paper. Each book is made by hand, so slight variations in texture and edges are part of what makes yours one of a kind.
Made for painting, sketching, journaling, mixed media, or simply creating without rules
1. Cotton textile cuttings, not trees
The process begins with soft cotton cuttings collected from textile units. These clean cotton fibers replace wood pulp completely, ensuring no trees are ever cut for our paper.
2. Pulp and hand pulled sheets
Cotton is cleaned, soaked and beaten into a smooth pulp. Artisans dip wooden moulds into this pulp to form each sheet, giving it a naturally soft texture and signature deckled edges.
3. Sun dried and air dried slowly
Each sheet is lifted and hung to dry in open air. This slow, natural drying process keeps the paper durable, flexible and beautifully organic.
4. Pressed and finished by artisans
After drying, sheets are pressed, stacked and examined by hand. Every page passes through skilled artisan hands before it becomes a Manani journal.