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Teddy’s Button


Cindy Tonkin - September 20, 2010

I picked up this book when the Church where I used to go to choir got rid of their library.
It’s a Christian “propoganda” book about war and Christianity: it’s called Teddy’s Button. Teddy’s a kid who wants to be a soldier and who wants to be a Christian.
I didn’t read it in its entirety.
I liked the age of the pages.
It’s now altered, with photographs I took like the one below (from Mt St Michel, 2006ish)

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Like most books I altered, I cut out some windows and niches

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The frontispiece shows it’s a prize for Junior Boys in 1965.
It’s written by Amy Le Feuvre. I had a book which I received from my own Presbyterian Church in the early 1970’s by the same author.

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the foxing and rust on the pages just add to the charm. The photo above is an architectural detail from one of my trips to Chicago.

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The boatshed at the Mental Hospital where we went for art one day – Margaret Westcott teaches / runs classes there.

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This is the headlight of a vintage car which was parked near my house for a while.

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Handles in the picture above come from the Bright Tobacco Sheds where I spent a joyous long time photographing stacks of things all sorted beautifully.

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Beads from a craft fair.

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More Bright photos: spanners

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Photo of knives from Sturt one year.
the lace is a house we stayed in at Mittagong for Sturt summer school, the milk bottles from Bright.

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Bowls from a bowls night we did on scoopon a few years ago. A fun way to spend a Friday night, but a long drive at rush hour.

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books from Berkelouws.

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Pots from Bright.

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Pumpkins from Moss Vale Woolworths.

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Bugs from a museum in Melbourne.

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Chloe’s dance class.

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Glass paper weights from the Art Institute in Chicago.

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