100 Pesos
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are red and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is pigskin. The spine of this book is covered in pigskin, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled in Florence, Italy at il Papiro.
Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.
The talisman in this journal is a 1988 Mexican $100 coin, featuring the Mexican national emblem of a golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake above a half-wreath of oak and laurel. Be fierce.
This book is approximately 6 x 9” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are red and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is pigskin. The spine of this book is covered in pigskin, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled in Florence, Italy at il Papiro.
Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.
The talisman in this journal is a 1988 Mexican $100 coin, featuring the Mexican national emblem of a golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake above a half-wreath of oak and laurel. Be fierce.
This book is approximately 6 x 9” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are red and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is pigskin. The spine of this book is covered in pigskin, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled in Florence, Italy at il Papiro.
Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.
The talisman in this journal is a 1988 Mexican $100 coin, featuring the Mexican national emblem of a golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake above a half-wreath of oak and laurel. Be fierce.
This book is approximately 6 x 9” with a few more than 150 blank pages.