Recycled Jewel

Olive, my friend, brought me a couple of large necklaces to recycle into my books. Voilà - 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.

Polka Dots

I created this book from a beautiful paper with artistically designed circles, some of which are gold embossed. I used a glittery purple book cloth, and braided cotton threads for the closure around the recycled key. A soft leather is part of the binding and key closure. The text blocks are made from a heavy recycled paper. There are 70 pages in this book.