Bookbirds

I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing an a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.

Henry David Thoreau

http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/birds/

Isn't that a nice experience! To have a sparrow sitting on your shoulder for a moment! And isn't that something to remember? And isn't that very much like "meeting" a lovely book!!?? I often think that a book which is important to me... well, it has chosen me, and not the other way round. What a stroke of luck!

And it speaks to me like someone who is singing a song to me, sometimes with a melody I wouldn't forget for a long time, if ever. And it is sometimes very funny stuff, not always heavy reading, and I love to laugh when reading a good story.

So my birds here have a slight touch of humor ...

Now: These are my "bookbirds", I think they possibly make nice bookmarks. I feel that it could be good to be accompanied by such a "being" while reading something nice.

Each bookbird is unique. It is made of several pieces of fabric, felt and leather, the wings are hand-appliquéd. It is 21cm/ 7cm or about 8" / 3".  The top looks different than the underside.

If anyone is interested, I give some away. Just send me an e-mail:

MARIASmail@t-online.de


(for more information please click also on "Give And Take" on top of this site)

See also my post "Bookbird" from January 13, 2012, here on this site.

So here is my first collection of bookbirds, shown from both sides. (They lie exactly at the same position in both pictures).