Sundance Storyteller Journal

The Sundance Storyteller features bright, bold and beautiful designs on handmade Indian cotton rag paper. Complementing this are various handmade lokta papers in olive, chartreuse, sunshine yellow, tangerine and curry.

Beautiful handmade lokta paper from Nepal is one of the primary papers used in Hypatia Storytellers. Lokta is produced using bark from the daphne shrub, a cousin to the laurel and the rhododendron. Lokta is very eco-friendly, as the plant regenerates quickly and is one of the few under-utilized plant resources in the world.

Each lokta sheet is made by hand and celebrates its “wabi sabi” beauty. Delightful to write, paint, and glue on, it is incredibly strong and flexible. All of the handmade pages of the Hypatia Storytellers can also be used, in addition to the archival plain page soft white paper in between each decorative sheet!

SUNDANCE STORYTELLER is bound into a rich dark chocolate leather. Beautiful, soft-tempered, with an old world, vintage pull-up look with a natural grain.

Natural leather develops a rich patina over time and may darken, soften, and develop color variations.

Each scratch, scuff, and crease tells a story, adding depth and personality to the leather’s surface.

When desired or needed, “Leather CPR” (easily purchased through Amazon) can be massaged into the leather to restore its moisture and erase scratches. With ‘pebbled’ grained leather such as this on the Sundance Storyteller, a simple rubbing of one’s finger onto the leather can remove markings of wear, if desired.