Thursday, December 15, 2011

Hong Kong ex-financier makes books out of mink, jeans, jewelry

Fri, 12/16/2011 - 05:00 — Anonymous When we see a beautiful book, our
instinct is to pick it up and admire it. So wants to take it apart. "I just
want to touch it and figure it out and make it," says So who trained
under renowned bookbinder Monique Lallier at the American Academy of
Bookbinding. Percy So does fine binding in Hong Kong. That's making books by
hand, from scratch, using offbeat materials. The 27-year-old left her job at
a boutique corporate finance firm about a year ago to start her bookbinding
and paper cutting business.read more

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