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crossed strings of beads

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Hand-bound book, dimensions 5" x 6.5" x 1", constructed out of paper, mat board, glue, thread and headbands.

The laid paper decorating the cover is the same as the paper making up the book block, I have no idea what the name is it was something on hand in a flat-file. For the cover I crumpled the paper into a ball several times and carefully pulled it apart to create a textured surface. Then I applied water color (orange) to it to create surface variation. On top of this I recreated a Kayapó body paint design known as "crossed strings of beads" in thinned black acrylic. The paper was then trimmed, glued to mat board and then attached to the sewn book block. The end sheets are mould-made paper made from Daphne bark hand made in Bhutan.

This was created as a secret santa gift.
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Lovely! Lucky person who got it from the secret santa. I hope they appreciated it!