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own work, Projects
portrait badges
06.08.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

So I’ve been badgering(!) away, and making different badges. The ones above originally looked like this before being popped in the oven. I’m not quite sure if I fully like these- I don’t know anyone that would actually want to wear a portrait on their lapel so perhaps they don’t make much sense… but they were my attempt at a sort of modern victorian cameo.

Below- the pin backs are held in place with a little piece of felt for strength.
own work, Projects
diy.
05.13.10 | Permalink | Comment?

diy., originally uploaded by valeriepica.com. more badgemaking!
Artist, bookbinding, Techniques
Juliao Sarmento: Racial Makeup.
10.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Continuing in the bookbinding theme, today’s images are some details I took of an impeccably bound book by Juliao Sarmento. I was struggling with this binding style- I pretty much disregarded the tips about using Japanese paper in Kojiro Ikegami’s book, which meant the book I’d been attempting were stiff and crunchy. The japanese papers, [...]

portrait badges