Jo's Book

This has been a very long-term project, frought with many blisters and bruised hands from sewing the very thick leather.
For a friend, Jo, (a very Earthy man) who wanted something "natural and.... Vikingy".
This is one big book, and HEAVY. It will be sad to see it go, but I know it will be in the best of hands and well used.

37cm tall (14.5 inches)
23cm wide (9 inches)
3.5 cm thick (1.3 inches)
Exposed spine binding

Deer hide.
104 pages of good thick drawing paper.
Arches watercolour paper (inside of cover).
Hemp cord.
Sinew.
Deer antler tine.

More pics:

[link] View from the side

[link] Back

[link] Open

[link] Pages open

[link] A view of my convolouted spine weaving/knotting.

[link] Detail of the stitching on the inside flap-edge

[link] Detail of the stitching on the front

[link] Tine closure