THE PRIVATE ARCHIVE
After years of obsessing over stationery, leather, and anything made slowly by hand… I finally decided to share something that has quietly been part of my life for a long time.
For years, I’ve been making leather journals for friends and family — cutting, stitching, hammering, testing, re-making — just as a hobby.
People kept telling me, “you should really do something with this.”
So… here we are.
THE PRIVATE ARCHIVE is my small, personal project.
A place for objects meant to be lived with — filled, worn in, marked up, carried everywhere.
For your thoughts, your sketches, your secrets, your everyday life.
A space that isn’t digital, that doesn’t disappear.
Each piece is handmade by me — hand-stitched, sourced, cut, and finished one at a time — and fully customizable. Slow, intentional, and personal.
Thank you to
@jasonjunkibaek for being the best leather guide and letting me spend way too long staring at hides.
To
@leila_yermek @shibochen @drunkpartywhore @savanna @joecamiscoli ,
@hannahcelia ,
@savannah__scout @emmyburdette @gabkirsch for pushing me to take this “little hobby” seriously.
And especially to
@louisacdodge ❤️— for always being by my side and never complaining about the constant hammering sounds coming from our apartment.
More designs are coming this week, and pieces will soon be available made-to-order.
And in a very me twist — this first campaign lives somewhere between craft and technology.
The journals are made by hand, but the world around them was created with AI.
The model you see, Hon, is an AI creation too — imagined, built, and photographed by me.
Welcome to my private archive.
