Mid Century

This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, carmel 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 brown and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is black satin ribbon.  This book is wrapped in pigskin.

 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 book is a mid-century Good Luck charm from the now defunct Ripley Believe it or Not Museum in Chicago, IL.  We might believe in luck.  Seems fortuitous? 

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