This is a leather journal with unlined pages, suitable for use as a personal diary or sketchbook, guest book etc. It would also make a splendid Book-of-Shadows for a Wicca practitioner. The cover is hand-embossed with a pair of Dragons.

The journal is handmade from lightly distressed vintage leather and is coloured with a natural 'Mahogany Brown' dye that is derived from tree bark. It measures 10 x 7 inches (25 x 17.5cm) and contains 100 pages (200 usable sides) of handmade cotton rag paper*.

*This is a genuine handmade paper produced by a traditional process from recycled cotton. Like all handmade papers it has a rough or 'toothy' surface that is ideal for sketching with pencils and charcoal.

The cover has a leather flap to protect the edges of pages. It is closed with a tie-strap of goatskin thong and the corners are protected by decorative brass trims. The 'chapters' of paper are sewn into the leather cover with a traditional 'Italian' stitch - a style of binding that guarantees a long life.

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.