Big D

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 brown and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin.  Its spine is covered in maroon leather, and its boards are wrapped in a 1987 CG-20 aeronautical chart.

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 journal is early 20^th Century Buffalo Nickel. More than 100,000 flights take off and land on the Earth each day, and that doesn’t begin to count flights of fancy.  Take off!

This book is approximately 6 x 9” with more than 150 blank pages.