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N.B. This is a commission and nfs.
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 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 green and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its spine is covered in split French goatskin, and its boards are wrapped in a 1987 CG-20 aeronautical chart.
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 commemorative coin from the Evergreen Aviation Museum featuring the P-51 Mustang Warld War II fighter plane.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 10” with a few more than 150 blank pages.