Juju Books is a contemporary design and bookbinding practice, founded in 2017 by prize-winning bookbinder Gillian Stewart. A QEST Ambassador and graduate of Glasgow School of Art, Gillian’s background is in design, illustration and printmaking. Combined with traditional bookbinding skills gained through years of experience and intense training across Europe, Gillian seeks to make beautifully crafted objects to elevate, archive and inspire for years to come.
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Idris Elba
Quentin Blake
The Royal Collection at Windsor
Royal Commission for Al Ula
Robert Macfarlane
Bentley Motors
Oyster Yachts
STV
Dell
Macallan Distillery -
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow City College
Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh University Library
Designer Bookbinders
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Fruitmarket Artists Book Fair
The Society of Bookbinders
Glasgow Zine Fest
Glasgow City Council
Renfrewshire Council
Artlink Central
The Princes Trust
Strathclyde University
MacEwan University, Canada
Humber Collage, Canada -
’BIND’ solo exhibition, The Lighthouse Glasgow, Oct - Dec 2019
‘Horizons’ solo exhibition, Dunoon MOCA, April 2023
‘Directions’ group exhibition, Craf Scotland Compass Cohort, WASPS Perth Creative Exchange, April 2023
Designer Bookbinders International Exhibition, Bodleain Library, Sothebys and Edinburgh Library University, 2022
‘GHI’, Designer Bookbinders, Maggs Bros, 2022
London Craft Week at Maggs, April 2019
25 years of the Soutar Prize, National Library of Scotland, Feb 2019
Society of Bookbinders Conference, Bath, 2019
Designer Bookbinders Competition, St Brides London, 2018
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Creative Scotland Open Fund, 2022
Designer Bookbinders International Competition, Distinguished Winner, 2022
Elizabeth Soutar Prize, National Library of Scotland, highly commended, 2022
Elizabeth Soutar Prize, National Library of Scotland, best creative binding, student category, 2020
Endangered Craft Fund, Heritage Craft Association, 2020
Print Futures Award, Printing Charity, 2019
2nd Prize Designer Bookbinders Set Book, 2018 & 2023
VACMA, 2021
QEST Craft Scholarship 2018
Landscape Drawing Prize, GSA, 2013
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Society of Bookbinders (Past Chair in Scotland)
Designer Bookbinders (Licentiate)
Heritage Craft Association
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QEST Ambassador
Princes Trust Ambassador -
BBC Loop
Financial Times feature on Heritage Crafts
Vogue - client wedding
We Are Makers podcast
San Francisco Center for The Book
Puget Sound Library
Guild of Bookworkers
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Creative Entrepreneurs Club
Craft Week Scotland 2021
The studio takes on commissions of one-off bespoke projects, as well as short runs of up to 100 books, depending on the process and deadline. The studio makes boxes, books, menus, albums, portfolio cases and props.
Using traditional and contemporary techniques, Juju Books work with a variety of materials and processes to find the right fit for each project.
As well as a working bindery, the studio is also a place to share skills and knowledge. One-to-one and group tuition is available, as well as studio hire for experienced binders. Please email for more details and availability
