Brown leather journal with tooled decoration, The Circle of Time in Black

This journal is bound in antiqued brown goatskin. It was designed to resemble a mysterious tome. The decoration was tooled and stamped onto the leather with black and gold accents, each element at the time. Some elements were blind tooled to give the book a textured feel. A patina was applied to fit the overall antique look of this book. 

The theme of this book is Time and it's cyclic passage, and its representation as a zodiac divided into twelve signs. The eye in the middle is The Eye of Providence, a symbol that represents the divinity watching over humanity. The background was tooled with stars to remind of the celestial world. 

The book a little over 6x8 inches (15.5x21 cm). It has 150 pages (300 sides) of Favini Shiro Alga paper, an ecological paper produced from algae in Venice Lagoon. The seaweed particles are visible on the surface to give a unique natural look and its ivory color makes it fit perfectly the overall old feel of this book. The paper is hand torn, has 120 gsm, and it will hold well ink, dip pens, gel and ball pens, markers and any dry media. 

The end pages are made of hand marbled paper with black and brown veins.
The headbands were hand sewn from black and gold color threads.

This book is great to use as a daily journal, as a grimoire or as a magic book. It would also be perfect for an artist who would fill it up with ink drawings or perhaps tattoo sketches.