Handmade Paper Notebooks (Set of 2 x 80 pages each)

The Product

A special, unique place where you can quietly sit and record your thoughts, ideas and musings. This pair of vibrant printed notebooks made from handmade paper are a perfect gift for all occasions. The paper is dyed with plantbased and other natural dyes, so the papers are extra ecofriendly and earthy.

Package contains: Set of 2 handmade paper notebooks

Features:

2 handmade books with handmade paper in 2 different colours with handprinted designs: 1 notebook + 1 hardcover book

Animal prints make them more inspiring

Covers made from coffee husk and coffee pulp paper

80 pages

Notebook covers Red with black print; beige with black print

Dimensions:

Pages: A5 size

Covers:  21.3 cm x 1.5 cm x 15 cm

Weight: 730g

What Goes Into Making Blue Cat Paper?

India is the world's 2nd largest hub for cloth manufacturing. It uses over 35 million tonnes of raw cotton every year for manufacturing clothes. During the manufacturing process there is about 3 to 5% wastage of the cotton fabric that we call chindi. These are secondary waste cut pieces that end up in the landfill, dumps or taken back to make yarn. Bluecat Paper uses this in its hand paper making unit. This is possible because cotton contains very high cellulose and therefore is at the very heart of all handmade paper. Blue Cat's handmade paper is made from secondary waste such as chindi, banana, coffee husk, coconut husk , and lemon grass.  Chindi is collected from nearby manufacturing units, sorted by colour and then readied for the beating process. The  using ecofriendly, sustainable dyes so that the paper is available in various colours. What's more is that no water is wasted while making this paper as all the water used during production is recycled back to production. 

The Artisans

Local male and female artisans are elevated from unskilled to semi skilled status by training them on the handmade paper making process. This training program lasts for nearly 5 months.

Your Impact

The method followed for making this recycled, handmade paper is an ideal and environmentally friendly way of making paper. The resultant paper is 100% upcycled and sustainable because it does not require full grown trees to be felled and makes productive use of cotton waste, which would have otherwise ended up in a landfill. 

Why we like it

We love these funky notebooks with a green message. Their graphic animal prints make them a unique gift for the writers or doodlers you know.