Great Lakes
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, blue-green Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked stitch pattern that dates back at least to the Ancient Copts. It allows the book to lay open easily to any page.
This book’s endbands are blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its spine is covered in goatskin, and its boards are wrapped in a 1945 map of the North America, featuring three of the Great Lakes.
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 British 1956 half penny featuring the likeness of Sir Francis Drakes’ ship, the Golden Hind. It is possible to drive a car around all of the great lakes, but it will put 6,500 miles on your odometer. They are indeed great.
This book is roughly 6.5 x 10” with more than 150 blank pages.