Beautiful paper things

Go see the "design snobs" christmas list. I like the paper vases (see right)
The typography scrabble set  (second one down)
And the knit it yourself runners (third one down).

Go see the link to see more and read about them all.

Ricardo Lanzarini - tiny drawings on cigarette papers

 I was enchanted by Ricardo Lanzarini's tiny drawings in books of cigarette papers recently at the AGNSW as part of the Biennale.
Ricardo Lanzarini

The photos on this page were taken with my camera.

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Words for Jane

Exhibited in Victoria in 2012, this piece was made from the same 2d piece as these.

This book is now in Tristan Landers' collection.

I made a double concertina.

Found a box (mobile phone? watch?) 

The velvet ribbon serves to get the piece easily in and out of the box.

added a few buttons. Sewed a few bits.

Sewed on some pockets.

Filled them with some good words. To find the good words I browse magazines and cut out words (like here "favourite songs) that I liked. 

This particular button I bought to refresh the buttons on my scarlet overcoat which I wore for nearly 20 years. 

This giant button used to be on a big red coat I bought for work. 

Discovery and Visionary

special, delicious fresh new

inspiring

Discover, Rebel.

Black Box Concertina

I love this book.

It sits in a black ipod box. 

It is made from an old collage work, which was sufficiently complex that as a book every page has something going on.

the backing is done with ink on stamps and a coloured glaze.

The black velvet ribbon is a way to get the work out of the box.

This is part of Tristan Landers' collection now.

The offcuts made the Belt Book.

The book will go in the box either orange spine out or coloured spine out. It's hard to decide which one looks better.