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handmade books, etc. by Carole Burkett

Closeup of garden variety book.

Garden variety

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Handmade paper, cut into a variety of shapes of tables and pots and plants and blooms, sewn into a small booklet between a plastic cover and book board backing.

The reader can open this book and page through it as they might walk through a greenhouse. The colors will fade, because of the nature of the handmade paper, in a way that mimics the natural process of plants fading.

The garden variety book is seen from the front, plastic cover around the pages like a greenhouse.
The plastic cover surrounds the pages, protecting their delicate edges, and creating the appearance of a greenhouse.
The garden variety books lays open.
Each plant sits in a pot or on a table, designed to be seen from different angles as the reader pages through the book.
Spine of garden variety book.
The plastic cover of the book provides structure, while the blanket stitch spine is extremely flexible.