Epoch
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 green and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its spine is covered in French goatskin from Rocky Mountain Leather Supply in Utah, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled by Betty Caponi in Monte San Giusto, Italy.
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 souvenir from the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, the World’s Fair for which the Eiffel Tower was built. The Eiffel Tower is still the most visited monument in the world, and it was originally intended to be temporary.
This book is approximately 6 x 9” with a few more than 150 blank pages.