fun, fun!
1. Grab the nearest book. (Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or"intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it!Just pick up whatever is closest.)
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
ok, so the book closest to me was a "Strong's" concordance "with Hebrew Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries"....I opted for the second closest! Aaaaaaaaaand, just my luck, the last page in the book (Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking) was numbered 122. So this is from the 3rd closest book....
"Gold, silver and silken threads were used for the fine work, and this was often protected from wear and tear by bordering ornamentation in higher relief formed by silken threads wound round closely or loosely with fine flat strips of metal, mostly silver or silver-gilt. These and other materials were worked singly or twisted together in many ways and worked in a great variety of stitches. Sometimes, particularly in the later periods, flat metal shapes were stitched on to save labour."
- A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique by Bernard C. Middleton
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
ok, so the book closest to me was a "Strong's" concordance "with Hebrew Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries"....I opted for the second closest! Aaaaaaaaaand, just my luck, the last page in the book (Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking) was numbered 122. So this is from the 3rd closest book....
"Gold, silver and silken threads were used for the fine work, and this was often protected from wear and tear by bordering ornamentation in higher relief formed by silken threads wound round closely or loosely with fine flat strips of metal, mostly silver or silver-gilt. These and other materials were worked singly or twisted together in many ways and worked in a great variety of stitches. Sometimes, particularly in the later periods, flat metal shapes were stitched on to save labour."
- A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique by Bernard C. Middleton