Leathphingin

$120.00

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 and bookmark are French goatskin.  Its boards are wrapped in a 1959 map of the British Isles, and the book is half-leathered in pigskin from Landwerlen Leathers in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The talisman in this book is a 1949 “Leathphingin,” or Irish half-penny coin featuring a sow and her piglets to symbolize the agricultural richness of Ireland.

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 and bookmark are French goatskin.  Its boards are wrapped in a 1959 map of the British Isles, and the book is half-leathered in pigskin from Landwerlen Leathers in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The talisman in this book is a 1949 “Leathphingin,” or Irish half-penny coin featuring a sow and her piglets to symbolize the agricultural richness of Ireland.