Did anyone else read the article in yesterday's Sunday Age, about Sydney artist, Rebecca Whalen, who has been recycling old hardcover books into handbags "...for the literary-minded."
"I've always admired the beauty of designs on book covers. It seems such a waste that they get tucked away on dusty bookshelves," she is quoted as saying.
Her bags, which cost around $75.00, have been exhibited in galleries and bookstores and can be tailor-made to a book cover of your choice.
It occurred to me that owning such a bag might soften the blow for any library staff who feel their heart is being ripped out every time they delete a book from their library management system!
Email doublebookdesigns@gmail.com for details.
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Will have to search that article out - quite possibly there are a few library staff in that position, and one can imagine some agonising over which book cover to choose. At $75 a pop, we surely wouldn't be able to choose them all, unless someone is aspiring to become the Imelda Marcos of the book handbook world.
A shame the artist hasn't worked out a way to preserve the actual pages in the bag as well as the cover, although I imagine that rummaging to find one's lipstick could then prove a rather time-consuming process (tongue firmly in cheek).
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