Handbound Portfolio Case with Handmade Linen Rag PaperThe handbound portfolio containing 8 sheets of handmade paper is by Juju Books, a bookbinding studio based in Glasgow run by prize winning bookbinder and QEST Craft Scholar Gillian Stewart. The first paper was made in China from plant fibres, but by the 1700s, cotton, linen rags, old rope and canvas were being used as raw materials, which were then beaten to a pulp for paper. After the introduction of paper machines in the early 19th century, hand