Oceans
This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 85 gsm, hand-laid Arches 100% cotton rag archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is blue goatskin. Its spine is covered in hand-skived goatskin over rawhide, and its boards are wrapped in a 1955 map of the Atlantic Ocean.
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 2002 coin from the Isle of Man, set to navigate the oceans of this cover. My mother’s generation used the word “oceans” the way we might say “millions,” to connote an unfathomable excess, surfeit, or abundance. May you have oceans of opportunities ahead.
This book is roughly 6.5 x 10” with more than 150 blank pages inside.
This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 85 gsm, hand-laid Arches 100% cotton rag archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is blue goatskin. Its spine is covered in hand-skived goatskin over rawhide, and its boards are wrapped in a 1955 map of the Atlantic Ocean.
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 2002 coin from the Isle of Man, set to navigate the oceans of this cover. My mother’s generation used the word “oceans” the way we might say “millions,” to connote an unfathomable excess, surfeit, or abundance. May you have oceans of opportunities ahead.
This book is roughly 6.5 x 10” with more than 150 blank pages inside.
This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 85 gsm, hand-laid Arches 100% cotton rag archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is blue goatskin. Its spine is covered in hand-skived goatskin over rawhide, and its boards are wrapped in a 1955 map of the Atlantic Ocean.
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 2002 coin from the Isle of Man, set to navigate the oceans of this cover. My mother’s generation used the word “oceans” the way we might say “millions,” to connote an unfathomable excess, surfeit, or abundance. May you have oceans of opportunities ahead.
This book is roughly 6.5 x 10” with more than 150 blank pages inside.