Big Penny
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, custard Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn 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 white cotton, and its bookmark is red goatskin. Its spine is covered in Dutch book cloth. Its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England.
The talisman in this book is a 1967 British Penny. The last pre-decimal penny, this is known as the “cartwheel” coin; it is the largest, by far, of any penny struck.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 10” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, custard Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn 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 white cotton, and its bookmark is red goatskin. Its spine is covered in Dutch book cloth. Its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England.
The talisman in this book is a 1967 British Penny. The last pre-decimal penny, this is known as the “cartwheel” coin; it is the largest, by far, of any penny struck.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 10” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, custard Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn 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 white cotton, and its bookmark is red goatskin. Its spine is covered in Dutch book cloth. Its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England.
The talisman in this book is a 1967 British Penny. The last pre-decimal penny, this is known as the “cartwheel” coin; it is the largest, by far, of any penny struck.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 10” with a few more than 150 blank pages.