Wren

This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, rose 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 white grosgrain ribbon.  Its spine is covered in bonded leather, and its boards are wrapped in a 1940 map of Great Britain.

 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 1975 commemorative medallion, celebrating the 300^th anniversary of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and its Architect Sir Christopher Wren. He was an astronomer, mathematician, and a physicist.  Branch out bravely.

This book is approximately 6.5 x 9.5” with a few more than 150 blank pages.