"BIRDS"

Altered Art Book 

"BIRDS"

ABOVE: Photo of my "BIRDS" altered art book cover.

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"A ~ You're Adorable!"

My recent altered art book is based on the 1948 song called,

"A ~ You're Adorable,"

which wanders through the alphabet in an old-fashioned way.

This presented me with a lyrical pattern

in which to celebrate some of my collected vintage images.

Also, the song has special meaning to me because my

maternal grandmother used to sing it to me when I was little.

*You can click on each of the pictures to show a larger and clearer image.

First, here are the lyrics to the song.

(above) This is the cover of "A ~ You're Adorable"
A ~ You're adorable ... B ~ You're so beautiful ...
C ~ You're a cutie full of charms ... D ~ You're a darling and ...

E ~ You're exciting ... F ~ You're a feather in my arms ...

G ~ You look good to me ... H ~ You're so heavenly ...

I ~ You're the one I idolize ... J ~ We're like Jack and Jill ...

K ~ You're so kiss-able ... L ~ Is the love-light in your eyes ...

M, N, O, P ... I could go on all day ...

Q, R, S, T ... Alphabetically speaking you're OK!

U ~ Made my life complete ... V ~ Means you're very sweet ...

W, X, Y, Z ... It's fun to wander through the alphabet with you,

to tell you what you mean to me!

This is the back cover with a pocket that holds the lyrics to the song.

*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images from outdated magazines, letters and envelopes from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.

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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 ©

"The Old Fashioned Photograph"

Altered art box ~ "The Old Fashioned Photograph"

by Lynn Lindley ©

"HOME" Altered Art Book

Altered Art Book

"HOME"

by Lynn Lindley ©

Here is the cover of my latest altered art book titled, "HOME" which features a verdigris finish with old, rusty house keys, hand-dyed silk ribbons, and a paper piece from a 19th century women's magazine partially titled HOME.

"Dragonfly"

"Dragonfly"

Altered Art Book cover by Lynn Lindley ©

Inside the glass vial there are four real dragonfly wings.

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ALTERED ART BOOKS by Lynn Lindley

Here are photographs of the coversof a few of my 
Altered Art Books:
click on any of the photos for a large image

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Above:

Cover of: "Autumn Leaves"

Altered Art Book by Lynn Lindley ©

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Above:

Cover of: "Living In The Past"

Altered Art Book by Lynn Lindley ©

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Above:

Cover of: "ANGELS"

Altered Art Book by Lynn Lindley ©

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Please check back again for more photos of future books.

For the original paintings by:

Lynn Lindley

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http://www.lynnlindley.com/