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This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, antique white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked stitch pattern that dates back at least to the Ancient Copts.  It allows the book to lay open easily to any page.

 This book’s endbands are navy and gold silk, and its bookmark is goatskin.  Its spine is covered French goatskin, and its boards are wrapped in a paper that was hand-marbled by Renato Crepaldi in Brazil.

 Treasure binding began with monks in the 6^th 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 book is the State Seal of Indiana on a medallion commemorating the 1966 state sesquicentennial. The state seal was in use after 1861 but was not officially adopted until 1963.

This book is approximately 6.5 x 9.5” with a few more than 150 blank pages.