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<\/p>\nCover Code\u2013”No” on the left side, “Regrets” on the right side.<\/b><\/p>\n
Stitched a small magnet into each corner for the wrap around closure.<\/p>\n
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Code on Interior Pages\u2013Don\u2019t let the past take your future.<\/b> A single letter is embroidered on each page. Code is the Letter F Code is a Period The spacers are embroidered in cream on brown packing paper with a rust patina and mounted on cream packing paper.<\/p>\n Green painters\u2019 paper separates each word and lines the book.<\/p>\n The pocket near the last page contains a note about the work.<\/p>\n The scale is roughly 3.25″ x 4″ x 3.25″. The paper used had metal bits placed on and or pierced through the surface. A sodium solution was applied to encourage rust and salt crystals on the surface. A solution of CMC was applied to each page to protect the surfaces.<\/p>\n A few Details\u2013<\/b> Cover Code\u2013”No” on the left side, “Regrets” on the right side. Stitched a small magnet into each corner for the wrap around closure. Code on Interior Pages\u2013Don\u2019t let the past take your future. The quote is from the Joe Coomer book, Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God. It is one of my favorite books. He also … Continue reading Book\u2013No Regrets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7,73,20,24,15,27,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-books","category-books-handmade","category-code","category-fiber","category-materials","category-needlework","category-patina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8922"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8937,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922\/revisions\/8937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe quote is from the Joe Coomer book, Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God<\/i><\/a>. It is one of my favorite books. He also wrote Pocketful of Names<\/i>, and One Vacant Chair<\/i>. All have an interesting female character who also happens to be an artist.<\/p>\n![\"Book](\"\/images\/DontLetPast4_IMG_9917.jpg\")
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\nThe code for each letter and punctuation is embroidered in grey on cream packing paper with a rust patina and mounted on brown packing paper.<\/p>\n
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\nMaterials\u2013Paper, fiber, tree wrap, metal, CMC, PVA, magnets.<\/p>\n
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