Elke Ahokas studied bookbinding in Australia and Finland and has 14 years of bookbinding experience specialising in custom hand bookbinding and book repair. Elke’s Bookbinding studio is based in the leafy north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hurstbridge.

Elke specialises in fine leather bindings, wedding albums, menus, portfolios, historical bindings, artist books, book repairs and restoration.

Private tuition is available in a range of subjects including paper decoration, marbling, edge gilding, book repair, traditional and contemporary binding techniques for bookbinders and book artists.