Lodestone: A soldier's Journal

This one of a kind book was made using a lot of background infos from the client. At the start of the project, the idea for the style of the book was a mix between a WWII relic and an old book from Lord of the Rings. Most of the ideas and concepts are from original ideas and world created by the customer! It was a real pleasure to create this book!

The central crystal insert was created based on a sketch from customer. The small bottle is filled with fragments of Fay shells. The claw was something I had in my ramdom "oddities" box in my shop for a while. It was part of a native american necklace found at a yard sale years ago. I thought it was some cheap resin replica, but while looking for a way to fix the claw on the book, I realise it was a genuine claw. Probably something from a Lynx. 

The modern shell on the bottom will be replace by a vintage WWI soviet shell owned by the client.

The idea behind "Lodestone: A soldier's Journal" is to give the book the feeling of being carried around a lot, broken pieces, patched corners, scratches and weathering of the leather. The relics came from a strange place called "The wyld"... A fictional world where only the bravest people manage to came back alive. A world filled with strange creatures only the owner of this book manage to illustrate.