'The Neverending Story' is one of my favourite children's books. The book - and also the film of the book - has inspired me over the years to make several 'Auryn' journals.

This Auryn journal is designed to be refillable. It consists of a leather slip cover and a replaceable A5-size insert book. The cover is handmade from vintage buffalo hide and is dyed with a natural 'mahogany' dye.

The front cover is hand-tooled with the AURYN design. The insert book is a standard A5 size, so you can re-use the cover with a new refill book when the original is full - you could also use it with a standard A5 printed diary. You can choose from the following options:

1) lined milled paper (100 pages/200 sides)

2) unlined 170gsm cartridge drawing paper (46 pages/92 sides)

This version of the cover is finished in an organic wash of Mahogany Brown. It is available in other colours to order.

Size: A5 (21x15cm or approx 8.5x6inches) This is a versatile book. You could use it as a grimoire, book-of-shadows, or personal diary. You can also re-use it year after year with a current A5 printed diary. The leather of the cover will acquire a beautiful patina with age.
If you wish to use one of these covers with a book of your own, please remember that A5 is a standard page size, not a cover size, and that many books sold as 'A5' differ significantly in the size of the cover and thickness of the spine.  You can check whether my covers will fit your book by measuring your book as follows:

1) Open the book and lay it open-face down on a flat surface
2) Measure the long diagonal across the back of the open book, and the short vertical side If the diagonal is not more than 37.5cm and the vertical not more than 22cm your book should fit comfortably.

I love working with leather, but for ethical reasons I only use vintage leather for my books- ie leather from working animals that have come to the end of their lives.