pocket prayerlets...

since switching out patching fabrics to patching papers a few years ago, i have found myself down the artist book/zine/altered {altared as in my case} book making hole for quite some time. 

i like the fact that when i am on the road, it is possible to take something this small along for the ride. although i have greatly enjoyed making on a larger scale in recent times, there is something quite delightful to making smaller & perhaps en masse. 

the 100 day project rolls around this time of year, & i have never felt the call to take part but this year happenstance came a calling & as i was immersed in pocket prayerlet making, i threw caution to the wind & joined in. 

but as is always the way with me, i sort of changed things up.

firstly i have not posted 'a picture a day' on social media & as i am heading out of the temple into the world again in April {& despite me saying these booklets are easy to take on the road to make}, i do not think i wish to add weight to my rucksack with art supplies.

that is all to say, the 100 days goes somewhere into May or beyond is my guess & i am going to change it up a little by saying i am making them till i have a 100 or thereabouts. by that i mean, i make as many as time allows each day until i have 100 or i embark on my next pilgrimage.

 if you would like to see how i make them from a single sheet of paper, i have stepped into the unknown, rigged up an overhead camera & made a little-ish film of how to go about it.

considering it is several folds & one snip it is extraordinary how long i took to show how to make it. i like to think it is because i was being mindful of going slow so you could join in at the same time. 

so without further a do...

& then i got quite delighted by my first filming attempt & went on to make another little film sharing a close up of my pocket prayerlet collection thus far in all their finery.

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