Here at last are my first alphabet letters all complete and made into their books and a box.
I have been doing my layered italic on white, then attaching to black and using a touch of gold leaf on each letter. I used what I call a lotus fold which is quite springy!
I made three books, each with 9 'pages/folds' with the addition of a cover page in the first book. Each book has a gold-leaf covered cover and the three books are housed in a little handmade box; each within their own compartment.
They are the liveliest little characters, always wanting to bounce out of their restraints and take up all sorts of shapes and forms - they are a real delight to interact with. Here they are quiet and contained, and also showing off!
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| ©2011 Fiona Dempster - alaw2011 in a box |
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| ©Fiona Dempster - alaw2011 on display |
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| ©2011 Fioan Dempster - alaw2011 stars and springy books |
The last shots how you what fun they were for me to play with.
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| ©2011 Fiona Dempster - alaw2011 fun! |
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©2011 Fiona Dempster - alaw2011 fun (detail)
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So elegant and complete within itself to the world but with a little surprise spring of joi de vivre inside
ReplyDeleteFiona, these are so cute, your talent and skill is amazing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that they have a life of their own when unrestrained. What fun.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely. Truly gorgeous.
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