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N.B.: This is a commission and nfs.
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 blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its spine is covered split French goatskin, and its boards are wrapped in a 1933 map of Europe.
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 an early 20th Century souvenir of the French medieval walled city, Carcassonne. The city walls are 3 km long with 52 towers; it held during the Hundred Years War. Only 50 permanent residences are encircled by the walls of Carcassonne.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 9.5” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
N.B.: This is a commission and nfs.
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 blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its spine is covered split French goatskin, and its boards are wrapped in a 1933 map of Europe.
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 an early 20th Century souvenir of the French medieval walled city, Carcassonne. The city walls are 3 km long with 52 towers; it held during the Hundred Years War. Only 50 permanent residences are encircled by the walls of Carcassonne.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 9.5” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
N.B.: This is a commission and nfs.
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 blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its spine is covered split French goatskin, and its boards are wrapped in a 1933 map of Europe.
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 an early 20th Century souvenir of the French medieval walled city, Carcassonne. The city walls are 3 km long with 52 towers; it held during the Hundred Years War. Only 50 permanent residences are encircled by the walls of Carcassonne.
This book is approximately 6.5 x 9.5” with a few more than 150 blank pages.