I had soooo many plans, I even started up a couple of
projects, but the pre-holiday-season is definitely one of those ‘expect the
unexpected’ times of year… In the last couple of weeks, instead of finishing
some project or other, I found myself spending every free moment making tiny
books. There is no complaint in that statement, I love making these tiny treasures
and I LOVE when they make others smile, so I thought I’d share some of them
here too.
As a lifelong (and proud) nerd and lover of stories, it’s no
surprise books have always been a great love of mine. I love gigantic old
books, but let’s face it – who doesn’t love a tiny book? And I mean tiny, the
books I make are 2-2.5cm tall, and I’m always surprised and how much detail they have.
Once I had the books though, I started thinking what to do with
them and jewellery seemed like a good idea. I started with necklaces and
continued to earrings.
Then I thought - why settle for one book? I definitely don't with reading books! And so the stacked-book necklace was born.
Lately I started thinking of making more specialized designs and started with my new grimoires, I must admit - I adore them 🖤
It’s not exactly hard to make tiny books, but it does take
time and a LOT of patience, and they don’t always come out right – a scratch, a
paint stain… I make vintage style books (old books are the best!), but there’s
a limit to what I can pass as shabby. In every batch there’s a couple of books
that don’t pass my ‘pendant quality’ test and I ended up with a small pile of
sad books with no purpose – clearly that could not stand! So I found them new
purposes. You may have noticed a few of them in “The Witch’s Son” Tale-ing
Fragment. I also use them when I make witch’s cabinets. A scratch on the cover
of the book was covered nicely by a grinning skull.
For the Wiccan cabinet I used
a couple of damaged books, but also made a spell book that can open – way too
much fun there
I hope you enjoyed this tiny-book interlude (with lots of photos), did you like how I used the books? What would you make with tiny books?
I’ll be back soon (hopefully) with a new project!
