This beautiful leather work is a product from Aspinal of London, the leather shop.
This is a refillable leather notecover, and usually people buy it with a notebook with ruled lines.
But when I asked a nice lady who works at Aspinal of London Covent Garden Shop that I would like to buy something special for my father, artist, in Japan, she proposed it would be better to use this cover for a sketchbook.
According to her, an artist came to the shop and he ordered to cover a sketchbook with the leather product in the past. Since then, Aspinal of London has been producing plain notebooks as sketchbooks.
Indeed, their plain notebook was absolutely fine for drawing. I believed this was the best gift ever for my dearest father who enthusiastically loves to drawing and painting.
I have no idea how Aspinal of London is famous in Japan, but it is almost true that my father is the only owner in Japan, who has a fine refillable leather jacket for sketchbooks.
When you visit London (or England), find a shop of Aspinal of London for the better gift for your dearest person.
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