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Friday, April 30, 2010

Recycled Jewel


Olive, my friend, brought me a couple of large necklaces to recycle into my books. VoilĂ  - the necklace, made in India, hangs freely in the cover of this book. Its fuschia and green colours blend nicely with the purple and gold paper and sparkly book cloth. I used a traditional binding technique with a twist - the book cloth on the spine was cut so the stitching could be seen. The text block was made from a heavy recycled paper and the book contains 50 pages.