What the Fox

This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that dates back to the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

This book’s endbands are brown and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin.  Its spine is covered in Dubletta book cloth from the Netherlands, and its boards are wrapped lokta paper from Nepal that was a gift from a friend.

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 journal is the U.S. Postal Service 1987 first day of issue commemorative, 22 cent, international stamp honoring the Red Fox. A fox family lives in our neighborhood between the giver and receiver of this cover paper. Long may they kit and hunt and wave their glorious tails.

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