Well, that was quick. I ordered my vanity project RAPS photo book on the 5th of January – and yesterday the finished product was delivered by mail. Unlike a few other photo books that I had ordered in recent times, I loved the quality of this one immediately. It looks like it *is* a proper book – with a linen hard cover, a printed protection sleeve with my cover design, and it is substantially thick (about 1 cm) on account of its 173 pages. The print quality is great. And even though this is only a book to satisfy my own vanity, made for a readership of 1, it is immensely satisfying to have. Something about the tangibility of a printed book… In absence of the actual shrines, I sometimes find it hard to believe I have made more than 100 of those little boxes of love. The book makes my shrine project more *real* to me. And ok, yeah, there is the whole thing of “seeing your own name in print” – even if it is only my pseudonym and not a best-selling book that I am actually making money with and winning prizes for…
A couple of my readers asked on Twitter to see the book. So I made a quick video with a flick-through. (Sorry about the boring clip – I actually spent about 3 hours this morning, editing a bit of fun into the thing – and then found out that the free editing software slaps a huge logo on top of this clip and mars the whole thing. What a waste of time!)
RAPS Photo Book from Guylty Pleasure on Vimeo.
If I had had an editing programme, I would’ve made a few notes in the clip, pointing out that the cover and pages *are* actually white, not light-blue, that there is always a large image of the shrine on the right and a few small detail pictures on the left, and that the book has page numbering included in the price.
A couple of people have suggested I make the book available for sale. It actually is, HERE. Sorry about the price tag. Not my decision. The price is set by Blurb and is due to the large number of pages! I had to pay the same for my printed book – and I was stupid and forgot to search for online vouchers for discount codes.
Self-adulatorily yours,
Photo book authoress Guylty 📸
Guylty Pleasure 
You flipped the pages too fast!!!!!
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LOL – I know – but I didn’t want to make it a feature-length video 😉
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Work of a lifetime. The Book of Guylty. 😀
I’m sure it is worth EVERY Cent!
Wer hätte gedacht, dass du mal ein Buch rausbringst 🙂
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Naja, wie gesagt, das ist ja reine Eitelkeitsbefriedigung, sowas… Ok, und ein bisschen sowas wie mein Privatarchiv. So hat man das dann wenigstens im Regal, auch wenn man mal irgendwann das Blog dicht machen sollte 😀
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Warum hat das Wort Eitelkeit nur einen so negativen Beigeschmack? Quatsch, du bist im Eigeninteresse an der stilvollen Archivierung deines Gesamt-Oeuvres interessiert. Klingt doch viel besser, oder? 😉
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Du formulierst das immer so geschmeidig um – fantastisch. Überhaupt bist du eine wunderbare Seelenmasseuse. Ups, oder sollte ich doch lieber -masseurin sagen 😉 Danke xx
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😀 Mein ganz persönlicher Beitrag zur Aufrechterhaltung des guten Grundklimas hier.
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Dafür sei dir gedankt 😘
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Reblogged this on Armitage Agonistes and commented:
Guylty’s Photo Book, The Art of Shrining, is in her talented hands. ( And it could be in yours)
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😀 – my own private archive of shrines. Funny, how impressive everything looks when you bind it in book format 😉 Thanks for reblogging, Perry!
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I went to the online Blurb Books bookstore to scroll through it. It is an anthology of almost-religious icons; something I think I need. Something I think should be leafed through in the dark with lots of lit candles and a big glass of wine…maybe some communion wafers…just kidding…maybe.
I also noticed that on #96 Dolarhyde Skin Galore there appears to be a key hanging from the mirror. It wasn’t there when it arrived but I think that explains what some threads are underneath the picture. I just have to figure out how to get it unstuck and out without damaging my beautiful shrine. You see? After all these months your shrine is still an object of worshipful discovery LOL. And I’ve been very careful not to drool in it.
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Oh no, oh goodness – the key has fallen off? It was integral to the piece!! Nah, not really ;-), just another little piece of interactive fun, I thought, for you to take off the hook and handle. I wonder, if you carefully shook the shrine a little bit, maybe it will come loose? If not, I’ll make you are replacement key chain.
And LOL – the way you describe the (potential) use of the book, you make it sound like a bible 😉
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Well, as I leafed through it on Blurb, I had a very reverent feeling come over me, almost spiritual in nature. I think Servetus had a word for this. Also remembering all the pictures of the details you left out. I remember my favorites, like the magazine detailing his furry armitage.
Will let you know how goes the key mining.
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Ah, yes, the little magazine. You know, I was really annoyed with myself because I did not take pictures of the little booklet, and the pictures of it on the blog post were taken by CraMERRY. Therefore I could not include them in the book 😦
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I bet she would have let you use the magazine pictures.
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You can bet your life on it 😀
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She would’ve and she did. It was only my own vanity, insisting I use my pictures only. (Mind you, there is one of her pics in there, the little magazine on its own…)
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Good news! The key mining was successful. It will be reattached shortly.
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Oh, I am so glad to hear that! Well done!!!
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i love it! THE perfect coffee table book, this is to be flicked through drooling (only mentally!) over the pages again and again 🙂
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Damn. There you have it. I should have had all the pages laminated, for proper drooling use. FAIL!
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After all this time I can’t believe you would not take that danger into account. At least your picture above warns the readers that they should have a towel handy.
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LOL – touché.
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Wirklich beeindruckend! Ich will mal hoffen, dass es einen Fortsetzungsband geben wird 🙂
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An dem Projekt wird ja sozusagen bereits gearbeitet – Schreine 101-107 gibt es ja schon 😉 Fehlen nur noch 93 bis zur nächsten runden Zahl. Und dann gibt’s Teil 2.
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Bestellungen liegen bestimmt vor 🙂 Der Mann muss dringend ein paar Filme machen die auch tatsächlich zu SEHEN sind, um die Hirn-, Herz- und sonstigen Ströme bei uns Fangirls anzuregen……
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Das kannst du wohl laut sagen. Ist ja schön, dass er Sleepwalker und Urban gedreht hat. Nur wenn der Spaß in der Schublade vergammelt, dann ist der Fanfrust (und Bastelfrust) groß!
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Wow , this looks lovely , can I buy it in England ? Wonderful xxx Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:46:11 +0000 To: janiehere@hotmail.co.uk
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Hi Jane, yes, it’s available from anywhere :-). I ordered my copy from the same link, and the book arrived here from the Netherlands.
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I’ve taken a look at the book as previewed on Blurb (bit of a thrill to see my own RAPS in there 😉 ) but wow, very impressive in the flesh (so to speak) complete with a proper dust jacket. With the actual RAPS’s out of your hands, I can imagine how satisfying it must be to have such a beautiful record of your creativity. 🙂
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It is quite impressive, isn’t it? It’s silly, but a book lends that kind of gravitas, never mind that thanks to self-publishing and on-demand printing anyone can see their work in printed shape nowadays :-D. This one also has a slightly different feel to it than the photo books I have previously made. They all feel like “albums” – this feels like a photo book.
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Wow, that really looks totally great!
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Thanks – I’m really pleased with it. (And Mr Guylty, who stole a look at it today, much to my embarrassment, was quite impressed too 😊)
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Er ist ja irgendwie auch mit und gleich als Erstes verewigt oder?
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Jou – obwohl ich ihm das Buch aus der Hand gerissen hab, bevor er meinen Sülz lesen konnte *grins* Hoffentlich hat er sich meinen Nick übrigens nicht gemerkt und googelt jetzt nach dem Blog hier. *arrrrgh*
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Beautiful work!
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🙂
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