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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 blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin.  Its spine is covered in polished goatskin, and its boards are wrapped in a 1955 blueprint for the Babcock and Wilcox Kyger Creek Ohio Valley Electricity Corporation.

 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 mid-century transit token from Community Traction Company in Toledo, Ohio. If you have a plan, you’ll get there.

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