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N.B. This is commissioned work 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 pigskin. Its spine is covered in waxed pigskin, and its boards are wrapped in a a 1949 map of the British Isles. An image of Queens College, Oxford University is sewn into the 5th gathering.
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 1965 British commemorative coin issued to mark the passage of statesman Winston Churchill, who famously said, “Never, never, never give up.”
This book is approximately 6.5 x 10” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
N.B. This is commissioned work 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 pigskin. Its spine is covered in waxed pigskin, and its boards are wrapped in a a 1949 map of the British Isles. An image of Queens College, Oxford University is sewn into the 5th gathering.
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 1965 British commemorative coin issued to mark the passage of statesman Winston Churchill, who famously said, “Never, never, never give up.”
This book is approximately 6.5 x 10” with a few more than 150 blank pages.
N.B. This is commissioned work 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 pigskin. Its spine is covered in waxed pigskin, and its boards are wrapped in a a 1949 map of the British Isles. An image of Queens College, Oxford University is sewn into the 5th gathering.
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 1965 British commemorative coin issued to mark the passage of statesman Winston Churchill, who famously said, “Never, never, never give up.”
This book is approximately 6.5 x 10” with a few more than 150 blank pages.