50 books in a year of being 50

In this year of being 50 I have decided to follow one of my creative passions

and make 50 handmade books over the year.

Early next year I will find a way to exhibit the books and auction them.

The money raised will go to Plum Village in France,

a monastic retreat centre inaugurated by Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh.

Sunday, 21 August 2016

And the final total is ... drum roll ... £1,421.47.

Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed and who turned up this afternoon.

Posted by Lauri at 09:51

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Lauri: Mindfulness and creativity are what I do. Mindfulness through my Ph.D. research of Thich Nhat Hanh (a Vietnamese Buddhist monk), teaching Mindfulness & Creativity, practising with the York Sangha and writing poetry. Creativity through a lifelong practice of sewing, embroidery, dressmaking, knitting, jewellery making, calligraphy, bookmaking, and decoupage, many aspects of which I was taught by my Mum and Nannan.