This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Dassel, Germany, made on the same site since 1584. It is sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked stitch pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lie open easily at any page.
The book’s endbands are goatskin, and its bookmark is calfskin. Its boards are wrapped in a 1962 map of Europe, and its spine is covered in Italian calfskin that was processed at Rocky Mountain Leather Supply in Sandy, Utah.
Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels to demonstrate their worth to a largely illiterate populace. 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 2023 challenge coin from the Walmart Associates and Shareholders meeting.
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Dassel, Germany, made on the same site since 1584. It is sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked stitch pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lie open easily at any page.
The book’s endbands are goatskin, and its bookmark is calfskin. Its boards are wrapped in a 1962 map of Europe, and its spine is covered in Italian calfskin that was processed at Rocky Mountain Leather Supply in Sandy, Utah.
Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels to demonstrate their worth to a largely illiterate populace. 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 2023 challenge coin from the Walmart Associates and Shareholders meeting.
