Faithful

Many have asked me if I'm still on the creative side and the answer is: YES!!! I have finished a new altered book and another one is just about to have the finishing touches. I know it is long time since my last post but I am trying to avoid another pressure in my life.

Well I have been doing bits and pieces and here is "Faithful" - an altered book made for an 80 years old New Zealand lady I never met but her daughter, a friend of mine, asked me if I could make a book for her mother like one I made for mine. For a short period of time I had ahead of me and limited supply and no time to browse trough the secondhand shops I'm pretty happy with the result. The only thing I regret is that I didn't have time to take as many photos as I would've liked especially the completed book after bookbinding it together. There are so many little books (albums) inside this book, all with different bookbinding patterns, and I hope I will get photos taken for me and have evidence of this piece.

More soldered books

My soldered books are getting bigger and I'm having more and more fun making them. Unfortunately I'm also running low on solder and have to find way to source lead-free solder from USA (it is such huge price difference). If anyone knows any company that would ship to Australia it would be much unappreciated.

Soldered texture

I'm still playing with solder and finally got beautiful texture and unique book cover.

Soldering and bookbinding

It's been busy here since my last post. The most important is that I have set up a little workshop in my garden and it's been pleasure playing without thinking about the mess around me. Even the high temperatures (40 +) haven't hindered me in enjoying extra space. Not to mention that I have spare room finally cleared from clutter and eventually labeled all draws and boxes with my little treasures. How good is it not loosing time and mind searching for things.

Finally I'm catching up with lots od projects I started but never finished. Here are some little soldered book covers I learned in Stephie Lee's on-line class. I hope you like them as I do.

Drops of a sporting career retrieved from ashes

John Buchan:

As we age, the mystery of Time more and more dominates the mind. We live less in the present, which no longer has the solidity that it had in youth; less in the future, for the future every day narrows its span. The abiding things lie in the past...

After more than 4 months I finally finished Mum's book (just in time as she is leaving in 5 days). Initially I wanted to tell the story about this book but now... It is still very painful to dig into past and I don't want to go there anymore. Years have passed and we all have moved forward with our lives. This book is a tribute to my mother, her sporting career and life she had once. Many photos, press articles, diplomas and medals were lost in war time but we are grateful that we survived.
The post is very long and there are still many details I wanted to share but all of them will be available on the Slide Show very soon.

Front cover
Spine
Closure

Page by pageIvo Andric:

Steps are such a usual, everyday sound which sometimes can awake different memories…

Birth record
Family Ilic

Mum
Details from the press

Nostalgia




Diplomas

Drops of a sporting career









G-book




Beck cover: