Naiari's First Year

Continuing the series of grandchildren books I am making for my darling husband, this is the first year of photos of his first granddaughter.
In this age of cloud storage, few photos are actually printed, or looked at more than once.  Leafing through these two books brings back so many joyous memories - they grow so quickly and you forget so much.  It is a real tonic.
​With many thanks to my teacher, mentor and friend Jacqueline Liekens, who leant more than a helping hand.

The box, in pale pink leather, with applied paler pink leather flowers, with a stray petal with the child's name

The box opened, with the applied mosaic continuing on the inside of the box and the book sitting in the box, the front cover also decorated with an applied mosaic of pale pink leather repeating the child's name and the year

The inside of the open box without the book

This is the outside of the box laid flat.

Close-up of the book by itself

Inside cover of the book, edge-to-edge in very pale pink leather. The silk fly leaf is hand-panted with tiny little flowers

Back inside cover, also edge-to-edge leather with hand painted silk as fly leaf

The back cover of the volume is plain

Title page

Author page - but just look at those eyes!

Second title page - she was a really cute baby!

The box, empty, standing to show its structure

The box empty, standing

The front edge of the book, where you can see the edge-to-edge leather - a very difficult technique but worth the effort I think

Close-up of the headband. you also get a glimpse of the edge-to-edge technique.

Photos by Nikolaus Van Der Pas

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