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Cindy Tonkin December 4, 2024
Mary Contrary

Mary Contrary

This piece is named after one of the songs that shows up in the...

Cindy Tonkin December 4, 2024
WWJD

WWJD

This is one of a series of works created using some old sheet music. ...

Cindy Tonkin November 7, 2024
Lion Flower

Lion Flower

I was away for the weekend so I just took a box of 36...

Cindy Tonkin October 10, 2024
Before and After

Before and After

So every now and then people ask me about how I do my altered...

Cindy Tonkin October 6, 2024
the Night

the Night

Altered book. it used to be the Night before Christmas. I used gelli prints...

Cindy Tonkin September 13, 2024
Brilliance

Brilliance

This is an altered book from my collection of "picked up in the street"...

Cindy Tonkin August 18, 2024
Home

Home

Easing my way back into making. This is a tiny short book I picked...

Cindy Tonkin June 30, 2024
Patience of Ordinary Things

Patience of Ordinary Things

After I did this version of this poem I wanted to do one with...

Cindy Tonkin June 23, 2024
What Makes a Masterpiece

What Makes a Masterpiece

This was the pages left in the book "What Makes a Masterpiece" after I'd...

Cindy Tonkin June 23, 2024
Patience of Ordinary Things 2

Patience of Ordinary Things 2

This piece started because I picked up a golden book I had put aside...

Cindy Tonkin April 24, 2024
850 words

850 words

More of my zines: this one specifically all about the vocab of a 850...

Cindy Tonkin March 22, 2024
Old Macdonald

Old Macdonald

This board book used to have animals sticking out of it and a tiny...

Cindy Tonkin March 20, 2024
New York

New York

This children's book has a history - see here. I have finally re-altered it,...

Cindy Tonkin March 19, 2024
Golden Books design

Golden Books design

A good ten years ago I was interested in how Golden Books evolved.I think...

Cindy Tonkin February 15, 2024
Zines

Zines

My improvising friend Sophie was after a way to use her illustrations and micro-fiction...

Cindy Tonkin February 13, 2024
Zines II

Zines II

The zines project took my energy for a few weeks. Here are my early...

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