Doors of Durin - Tolkien Lord of the Rings, Pagan Wicca Handmade Leather Journal

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The cover of this journal is hand-tooled with the Doors of Durin, which I copied from J R Tolkien's original drawing.\n\nThe cover is made of vintage cow hide. In this version of the journal I have finished the cover with a wash of Mahogany Brown, an organic dye that is derived from tree bark.\n\nReaders of Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' will remember the Doors of Durin, which were the western entrance to the mines of Moria. \n\nThey were built in the Second Age of Middle Earth, probably before Year 1000, at the time when the friendship between the Elves of Eregion and the Dwarves of Khazad-dom was greatest there has ever been between the two peoples.\n\nThey stood until that day in the Third Age, when Gandalf opened the doors with the magic password and the Fellowship of the Ring passed through them, narrowly escaping the Watcher in the Water, which slammed the Doors shut and buried them.\n\nSo the Doors of Durin are magical doors into a magical world. A fitting cover to a journal in.