Commission for NY
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 120 gsm, hand-laid Arches 100% cotton rag archival watercolor paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was used as early as the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is blue satin ribbon. Its spine is covered in durable Buckram, and its boards are wrapped in a retired nautical chart showing the coast of Ukraine and the Black Sea.
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 book is a stone the bookbinder picked up on some picturesque beach a few decades ago. Off and on, it has been a lucky charm, and this book transfers that good luck to you.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 10” with a few more than 150 blank pages.