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Necronomicon…

September 18, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged bone, book, bookart, bookbinding, cthulhu, dark, etsy, gateway, gilded, horror, lovecraft, medieval, mithology, myth, necronomicon, scary, sigil, skull, skullsLeave a comment

An exquisite hand made large leather journal for you to record your encounters with magic, spells and the mysteries the world has to offer. Handcrafted using genuine Italian leather.

Journal size is 7.5″ x 10″ (25.2 x 19 cm) large and has thickness of about 3 inches (8 cm). The front cover plate in recessed central part has deep embossed and gilded skulls, surrounded with embossed dragons frame. The book spine has deep embossed skull. Leather is hand toned in brown color tone and aged in several layers. The central symbol, Cthulhu – Sigil of the Gateway, is hand carved from thick leather, hardener with special bookbinders mixtures, silvered and aged.

The book block has 300 leaves (600 pages) of 140 gsm weight, clean white paper. The producer of the paper is Italian company Fedrigoni. The high-grade paper does not bleed through and is exceptionally smooth to write on. The inside cover – endpapers are marbled parchment which gives it a nice touch. The gilded and aged paper edges all contribute to that authentic vintage look.

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Memento Mori…

November 19, 2019Posted in UncategorizedTagged alchemist, alchemy, ambigram, art, authentic, book, book of shadows, cover, craft, dark, dead, death, design, die, etsy, gift, gilded, gold, grimoire, journal, leather, macabre, magic, medieval, memento mori, morbid, skull, styleLeave a comment

An exquisite hand made large leather journal for you to record your encounters with magic, spells and the mysteries the world has to offer.

Journal size is 10″ x 14″ (35 x 25 cm) and thickness is about 2 1/2 inches (6 cm). The book block has 250 leaves (500 pages) of 140 gsm weight, clean white paper. The high-grade paper does not bleed through and is exceptionally smooth to write on. The book weight is about 9 pounds or 4 kg.

Gilded “Memento Mori” (Latin: Remember That You Must Die) ambigram form the frame with metal pins in the corners. The skull is placed in the recessed central part of the cover. Leather is carefully hand toned and aged in several layer until it got wide specter of the brown color tones. The inside cover – endpapers are marbled parchment which gives it a nice touch. The gilded and aged paper edges all contribute to that authentic vintage look.

In “chained libraries” books are were chained to lecterns or shelves to prevent theft. In that reasons, this book have sturdy mounted chain on back cover plate. Locking of the book is made with leather stripes, decorative metal ends and pegs embedded in edge of thick front cover plate. This clasps adorn the cover placing intrigue when opening and discovering its beauty.

It is something new in the offer…

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Memento Mori…

November 5, 2019Posted in UncategorizedTagged aged, agenda, alexlibris, ancient, art, book, brown, craft, dark, dead, deathe, etsy, framed, gift, goth, gothic, journal, leather, leathercraft, medieval, memento mori, notebook, shop, skull, style, vintageLeave a comment

Something new in the shop.
Memento Mori leather journal 10″ x 14″ large with the skull.

Memento Mori…

March 12, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged ambigram, book, craft, crafts, dark, death, leathercraft, leatherwork, memento mori, skullLeave a comment

An exquisite hand made large leather journal for you to record your encounters with magic, spells and the mysteries the world has to offer.

Journal size is 10 x 13 inches (30 x 25 cm) and thickness is around 2.7 inches (7 cm). The book cover has a lot of hand carvings; embossed “Memento mori” (Latin: Remember That You Must Die) ambigram as a frame on the front cover plate; handmade metal accessories; genuine alligator leather straps; skull; etc. The book block has 480 pages (if count both side of paper) of 120 gsm clean white paper with gilded and aged paper edges. While designing the book cover was followed golden section ratio in almost every single detail.

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Few pictures captured while work on the journal:

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Elder Scrolls…

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016Posted in UncategorizedTagged alexlibris, art, book, book of shadows, bookart, bookbinding, crafts, dark, elderscrolls, fanart, gamer, handmade, leather, leather journal, leatherwork, skull, skyrim, uniqueLeave a comment

An exquisite hand made large leather journal for you to record your encounters with magic, spells and the mysteries the world has to offer.

Full leather bound blank book is in 7.5″ x 10″ (26 x 19 cm) size and thickness without the front cover details is around 1.5 inches (4 cm). On front cover plate, dominate an exquisite hand carved and gilded details… hand carved from thick leather, hardener with special bookbinder’s mixtures, gilded and aged. Leather stripe on closure system and frame are made with genuine lizard leather.

The book block has 120 leaves (240 pages) of special, vintage paper type – thicker but lighter then regular papers in same paper weight of 100 gsm. Paper is coffee stained and carefully aged to look identical like in very old books. Paper edges are hand torn…

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