Custom-fit boxes and four-flap enclo­sures pro­tect and help extend the life of your frag­ile books and objects.

Enclo­sures can be cov­ered in a vari­ety of dec­o­ra­tive papers and cloths, with addi­tional func­tion­al­ity such as draw­ers or sec­tioned areas. The images below will help give you a sense of the basic form that enclo­sures for books and doc­u­ments usu­ally take (click on the images for a larger view and more information).

Some enclo­sures I have made have been truly col­lab­o­ra­tive efforts, where pho­tographs and other dec­o­ra­tive ele­ments were incor­po­rated into the design to reflect the nature of the contents.

A clamshell box that mim­ics that design of the bind­ing that it con­tains. The orange tri­an­gles are inset into the cover to pre­vent the edges from fray­ing or lift­ing.

The bind­ing that inspired the clamshell above. The bind­ing has a molded paper mache cover and is pic­tured with a four flap wrap­per to pro­tect it from abra­sion

Clamshell box with a spine label

Inside view

Clamshell box designed to be used as a port­fo­lio

Port­fo­lio box — inside

Four-flap enclo­sure for doc­u­ments or frag­ile objects such as books with flak­ing leather.