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Madelyn Garrett
South Jordan, Utah
A Book of Hours
A Book of Hours—Compline, Lauds, Sext, and Vespers—created with a collection of cherished family wristwatch parts, pearls, marcasite, crystals,
semiprecious stones, leather, Czech, Italian, and antique French beads. Assembled on velvet and mounted into a binding of silver and gold leaf. 7 x 5.75 x 1.5
inches, 18 x 14.5 x 4 centimeters. Created 2009.
Madelyn Garrett, bookmaker and art historian, has been making books for twenty-five years. She is most interested in the historical book, and her work often
references the books and book forms of the past.
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