
The journal fits down inside a canvas bag fashioned from one of the pants pockets.

The journal's wraparound cover is cut from one of the pant legs. I believe the fore-edge of the wrap is the hem of the pant leg.

I added a metal stud where the stitching on the leather terminates.

The rawhide tied around the journal is the lacing out of the pants. Click for a larger view to see the wires wrapping around the ends of the rawhide lacing. This is an original detail.


The book has three signatures, each wrapped in a piece of handwritten sheet music from an Italian-American Marine band composer. I got two boxes full of his hand-written musical scores at an estate sale on The Hill, the Italian neighborhood of St. Louis.

The book is bound with a long stitch, or more
accurately, running stitch.
It's got kind of a steampunk feel, don't you think?
I hope he enjoys it.
Sharon