Ortensia Pueblo Leather Cover

Green-blue, and undecided about which

Ortensia — Badalassi Carlo's own name for it, after the hydrangea. A deep teal on brushed Pueblo: green under warm light, blue under cold, and the brushed surface makes the shift more obvious than a smooth hide would.

Vegetable-tanned leather takes blue-greens badly as a rule: the tan underneath drags them muddy. Badalassi Carlo dye Pueblo through, deeply enough that this one holds, and the tan shows as depth instead of as sludge. It is the most unusual colour in the range and the hardest to photograph honestly.

Where you hold it the nap lies down and the colour drops closer to petrol. The spine leads and the corners follow.

2.0–2.2 mm. Bifold: two panels, a modular elastic through the spine, two or three thin notebooks.

The notebook is held on an elastic cord running through the spine, so the block has to bend around the cord. That means softcover notebooks — Midori MD, Stalogy 018, Hobonichi Techo and Cousin, and most sewn softcover journals. Hardcover notebooks do not fit, whatever the outside measurements say.

Made to order

• Fits A5 or A6 notebooks — choose the size that matches the book you already use
• Size: A6 — 158 mm tall, 250 mm wide open, about 120 mm closed; A5 — 220 mm tall, 350 mm wide open, about 170 mm closed
• Made in Vilnius, ships in 5–7 working days
• Free foil personalisation
• A choice of 14 elastics, with one spare included

The standard cover uses a modular elastic system and can carry two or three thin notebooks, depending on their thickness. If you need another layout, we can add extra holes and extra elastics before cutting.

Personalisation is free: up to 10 characters — initials, a name, a date or a short word — in gold foil, silver foil, or blind debossing with no foil at all. It is placed in the bottom right corner of the front panel, and the impression is permanent: it grows more visible as the leather around it darkens.

The SLOWLINES logo is stamped in the finish you choose for your text: gold foil with gold, silver with silver, blind debossing with no foil on either. We do not mix the two.