Glass is really cool. This is a piece called “Ladder on Fire” by artist Steven Maslach. Love how the colors shift depending on where you are standing. As seen at the Bainbridge Art Museum in Washington state.
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Author: digitalcellulose
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Christmas lights made from library catalog cards.
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The Christmas cactus is blooming on time!
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Opening an uncut book, with a paper knife. Whoever had checked this out before it was sent to the lab must not have read very much of it because half of the textblock was uncut, and thus unreadable! (Source: http://bookbindingdictionary.com/)
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“Treat books gently; for books are kind friends. We benefit by their advice, and they exact no confessions.” Most of this 100+ year old advice is still good! Some of my favorites are: -“Books are not intended for card-racks or for receptacles of botanical specimens.” -“Books should not be toasted before a fire or be […]
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Just discovered this dapper man hiding in the spine lining of this old book.
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For some good, clean fun…visit the sanitary fair!
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Today’s work: a brace of matching re-backs on a biography of architect Daniel H. Burnham.
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I can’t quite put my finger on it, but this pamphlet feels a bit dirty.
The too-big thing is only too-big by just over a quarter of an inch, too. Uuuuuuuuuugh! I could have fit all 20 photos in the same box if it weren’t for that one.