*RUST*

*RUST*

An altered art book created by Lynn Lindley

that celebrates the beauty of RUST ~

focusing on the color of rust and verdigris,

and featuring the unique texture of rust by inclusion of actual

rusted embellishments such as washers, nails, S hooks,

keys, pins, paper clips, and other 3D pieces,

all with a vintage flair.

This altered art book also includes hand-dyed silk ribbons,

vintage ephemera, lace, words/text/pages from old books,

distressed tags, buttons, stickers, photographs, tiny faux jewels,

images from outdated magazines, letters and envelopes from

the 19th century, glass, seashells and anything else that

struck my fancy that was rusty or defined "rust" such as

entries from old dictionaries. 

Oh, and paint. Lots of paint.

Below are the pages from the book, along with selected notations

of what is on the page (mostly cut-0ut text from old books) but

is difficult to read in these photographs.

Click on the pictures to see a larger image

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Below are the photos of the pages in the book.
(After the photos are the words on each page.)

Woman says: "I admit that I have an inexplicable fondness for rust."

 Myth: Rusty Nails Cause Tetanus

The lock was impenetrable due to the rust

on the ancient key plate.

 The box was forever sealed shut with rusty nails.

The Gifford Sisters, Mathilda and Maude

Writing on left side (cut-out words from the text of an old book) reads:

"Mathilda was a lovely and gentle nice girl but Maude

she was a hovering witch and the most beautiful of the

two women ... Mathilda and Maude were also trying

desperately to marry powerful, young men from London."

 "Do you love me?"

"Yes, my lord." "Of course."

Was he infatuated with her at that time?

Yes, very much in love with her.

 Quincy invented Rust-OLeum.

I tell you that I know he's the

only man who had this formula.

 Their inheritance amounted to nothing

more than an old bucket full of rusty nails.

 Alice St. Cyre

She was a tough little button.

She was too proud to acknowledge her poor

relatives, Rusty, Miranda, and Little Luke.

 Carmen ~ She worked in the bookstore at #5 Rusty Lane.

 He was a regular at the Rusty Nail Pub

sitting at the bar ordering *Rusty Nails* and

waiting for his friends to show up.

 The gleaners removed the rusty nails from

the old abandoned structures and

used them to reinforce their own homes.

 Her hair was the color of rusty nails.

The very dangerous neighbors ... Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Hunt, and Mrs. White ...

"specially exasperating, slightly rebuking old fogies"

Rusty washers were the only things

holding their relationship together.

Georgie was a laundress who specialized in

the removal of rust stains from fine linen.

Her heart was hammered shut with rusty nails.

The solution called for a tincture of rusty nails.

She collected seashells and rusty nails.

Inside of back cover of *RUST*

*RUST* by Lynn Lindley ©