Prosperity
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, antique white 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 red, green, and gold silk, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its spine is covered Dubletta cloth from the Netherlands, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand silk-screened in Japan in a factory where kimono fabric is decorated..
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 vintage 7 circle tile from a mahjong set. The circle tiles represent coinage or prosperity, and seven, a prime number, is considered lucky because the name of the number 7 in Mandarin sounds much like the word for “life essence.” Live well.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 9.5” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, antique white 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 red, green, and gold silk, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its spine is covered Dubletta cloth from the Netherlands, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand silk-screened in Japan in a factory where kimono fabric is decorated..
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 vintage 7 circle tile from a mahjong set. The circle tiles represent coinage or prosperity, and seven, a prime number, is considered lucky because the name of the number 7 in Mandarin sounds much like the word for “life essence.” Live well.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 9.5” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, antique white 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 red, green, and gold silk, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its spine is covered Dubletta cloth from the Netherlands, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand silk-screened in Japan in a factory where kimono fabric is decorated..
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 vintage 7 circle tile from a mahjong set. The circle tiles represent coinage or prosperity, and seven, a prime number, is considered lucky because the name of the number 7 in Mandarin sounds much like the word for “life essence.” Live well.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 9.5” with a few more than 150 blank pages.