Hobonichi A5 Cover on Cover: Keiko Shibata - Dog Ears Fluttering in the Wind

A Cover on Cover is a clear sleeve that goes over a Hobonichi Techo cover, not over the book. It does two jobs at once: it takes the year's worth of scuffing that the cover underneath would otherwise take, and it puts a design onto a plain one, so a single Colors cover can be re-dressed rather than replaced. This one is for A5 Cousin covers.

Dog Ears Fluttering in the Wind comes from a series Keiko Shibata drew in 2022 on the theme of wind. A dog faces into a strong gust with its ears flat out behind it, eyes gone round, fur pushed back. From across a room the cover reads as a dot pattern; up close it is seven different dogs repeating on the diagonal. It is drawn in oil pastel, and the range of colour in it means it sits happily over any cover colour.

Features

• Fits an A5 Cousin techo cover, not the book itself

• Seven different dogs on a diagonal repeat, drawn in oil pastel

• Reads as a dot pattern at a distance and as drawings up close

• Because the artwork runs the full width, this one has no slit cut in the back, so the cover's rear pocket is not reachable while it is on.

• Sized for the Colors series and the printed covers with butterfly stoppers. Leather, faux leather and thick fabric covers do not fit it and may be marked by it.

• 238 x 347 x 0.6 mm (9.4 x 13.7 in) and about 40 g, in PVC