Spies ~ Book Planter
::::::::: A vintage book planter dedicated to young crime solvers with big imaginations
Spies, lies and espionage. The scribbles and marks I found within the pages tells a story of a young boy glued to edge of his seat while reading about bad guys and heros. I imagine these books were someone’s favorite bedtime stories, lovingly read as they turned from page to page. Unfortunately, they were filled with scribbles and ruined pages. I imagine this was the reason these books were overlooked and left unclaimed in the charity store I purchased them from. With aged covers and peeled unraveled threads, nothing can be better than a book ruined by being read one too many times. These books are properly aged to perfection and they have the smell to prove it.
Inspired by this I painted white geometric stripes to break up the monotony of the pattern on the cover. I wanted to give the book simple minimal touches and cover up the damage in the process. But the books, however, are quite beautiful on their own. The Easy Plant hole I left rough and lined with a handcuff print found in the end pages of one of the books, sealing in the roughness and textures. I completed the design by edging the books with metal and vinyl.
{ Books: The Real Handbook About Spies by Samuel Epstein & Beryl Williams, Sir Walter Raleigh by Nina Brown Baker, I Hide, We Seek by Richard Martin Stern }
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