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Monday, 20 February 2012

A book with a guilty secret

Today I took delivery of some old doors to replace the horrible modern ones in our house.........

 they came with these hinges and keyhole surrounds which I decided were not really usable for the doors but they are great mixed media pieces so they now live in my studio:)

 I decided to have a bit of a play......not made a book in ages so used one of the hinges to make one!


 Watercolour paper for the pages......lots of ink and paint to age them


 a fun "rusted" octopus for the front!

And its guilty secret?? 
Well, it has a design fault! While it looks nice sitting on a shelf or held in your hand.........it doesn't close all the way and it doesn't open very far either!!! 
Oh well!!
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17 comments:

  1. Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans20 February 2012 at 17:40

    Great book Sue, love the aged look and is that a doily on the front. Love the octopus. Tracy x

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  2. Effie20 February 2012 at 17:47

    ...... But looks are everything!

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  3. Deborah20 February 2012 at 18:27

    A thing of rusted beauty.

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  4. Sandy20 February 2012 at 18:28

    Absolutely phenomenal book Sue.
    xoxo

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  5. Sid20 February 2012 at 18:42

    Now that's what I call real grunge Sue !!

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  6. Carol Q20 February 2012 at 19:27

    to hell with it not closing Sue, it looks fabulous!

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  7. Kaz20 February 2012 at 20:00

    it's just gorgeous Sue, I love that octopus.

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  8. Aniees20 February 2012 at 20:59

    grunge, grunge.....love it!!!

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  9. Sarah20 February 2012 at 23:52

    ah, who needs functionality? it looks cool :)

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  10. Hermine21 February 2012 at 07:54

    Fabulous!!! love those old hinges.

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  11. Artyjen21 February 2012 at 09:19

    Fab-u-lous! Who cares if you can't actually use it as intended....admire it on your shelf. ;)
    xoxo Sioux

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  12. Nigel21 February 2012 at 13:10

    Superb :)

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  13. ~*~Patty S22 February 2012 at 04:42

    all in all your book looks perfectly wonderful to me Sue!!!

    really brilliant ancient look and your octopus is fabulous too!

    oxo

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  14. Anonymous22 February 2012 at 18:43

    Shelf life is everything.......I love it!

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  15. Unknown22 February 2012 at 21:03

    I love it ... it looks like something from Davey Jones' Locker and the deep deep sea ... really really cool!

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  16. Barb Cady22 February 2012 at 22:47

    I Love guilty secrets, who wants to be Boring? Great Secret Book. X

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  17. Photocat23 February 2012 at 17:49

    O my, that octopus really caught my attention... The way you recycled the locks and hinges is fab, they were made for you and your books. This book will be perfect for darkish secrets... Maybe a couple of spells...
    The black/brown colors are very eye catching. What a gorgeous book! Now to find a magician who can use it.

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