Hemp Content Journal, Housed in thick Clamshell box
Jim’s Description
Overview
Number of pages: 1,100 pages
Year complete: 2022
Measurements:
Book: H: 13.7 cm, W: 10 cm, T: 7.5 cm
Clamshell box: 20.3 cm, 15 cm, 13 cm
*H = Height, W = how wide the cover is, T = Thickness of book
Materials
Paper - Totally documented and inscribed in book (see page 420 and in photo, above). A lot of paper made during Old Ways class - most have hemp content. It’s very difficult to make paper with flax or hemp that doesn’t turn grey. Even clean looking fibers will turn dark grey when made into paper. One must go the extra step of months of natural bleaching in the weather to achieve a light paper with flax or hemp. Flax is mostly old firehose. Most of the hemp is Russian, but also some Chinese, which was just breaking into the hemp market in the mid 90’s. The only other place I know that made paper with flax or hemp was the U of Iowa, and they don’t make it anymore.
Sewing - Pack sewn on double cords using Melody’s flax thread
Trim - Plough
Boards - Quarter sawn, air dried, Idaho Sycamore - band sawn, machine planed, and then worked by hand
Clasps - Hammered brass (18 gauge) exposed rivets
Covering - Hmong Hemp - Thousands of years of unbroken hemp tradition
Price: $7,150 (price includes $1,500 box)