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Book of Graceby `majnouna

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In the absence of a computer, I rediscovered the joys of bookbinding

Hardcover, 20 x 20 cm, glue-bound, 50 pages (90 g) with 4 spacing papers. Painted cover paper (it has a shimmery effect that may not be clear in the photo) with painted and varnished polymer clay ornament. For sale on Etsy: [link]

The name of the book comes from the ornament, which spells ???? ne3mat or "Grace" (as in divine grace) in Square Kufi of my composition. This is one of a series of words traditionally used as calligraphic motifs, redesigned everytime to fit a style or medium. Here I made the word form a rectangle which, duplicated with 3 lines of dots (some of which are to be read, others just ornamental), form a perfect square.
The design is such that the book can be used in the Western direction (cover on the left) or rotated and used in an Eastern direction (cover on the right).

It is by sheer synchronicity that I came up with and made this on Wednesday, just before the bomb exploded.

~nk-chan Oct 13, 2007 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Oooh, I love the texture of the clay! It looks like fat, soft leather sewn to it or something. The spacers are great too, I love the paper and the orange paint.

`majnouna Oct 13, 2007 Professional General Artist

Nice!

Thanks for the comment!

~redchinese Sep 25, 2007 Student General Artist

you've use some beautiful patterns
very nice

`majnouna Sep 25, 2007 Professional General Artist

Thanks

~redchinese Sep 26, 2007 Student General Artist

~Osa-Art-Farm Sep 24, 2007

SO the individual squares are made of polymer clay?
sold already?!?! Understandable becuse of it's beauty. (what was the price if I may ask?)

`majnouna Sep 24, 2007 Professional General Artist

That's actually an illusion – it's one large square of polymer clay, gridded to look like individual squares. Amazingly enough it's sold already, but I'm working on more in this style. It was $25

~Osa-Art-Farm Sep 24, 2007

but I don't think "grace" really fits me [grin] I am more about "A Diffrent Path"

`majnouna Sep 25, 2007 Professional General Artist

So something like "unique" would work, then?

~Osa-Art-Farm Sep 25, 2007

absolutely.

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