Guylty Shrines

RA Pocket Shrines – or RAPS, as I call them – are a fandom love project that has blossomed from its original conception as a RA Valentine gift in February 2014. Far from mocking any real, religious experience, the RAPS are meant as a keepsake and handy mood-booster for instant uplift whenever and wherever a RA fan might need such. They are designed to be carried in a handbag or even a pocket, something to hold on to when things are going bad, or something to steal a look at when a bit of ~~drool~~ cheer is wanted.

All shrines are one-of-a-kind objects, there are no two identical ones. If they are not made with a particular recipient in mind, I usually raffle them off on my blog or on Tumblr and Twitter. A number of them were auctioned for charity, too. (I do not hold on to them myself; I do not own a RAPS, they are all intended for other fans.) Since a moderate demand for the shrines developed, I also take commissions – as creative exchanges, in exchange of a pressie from the commissioner, or as a monetary exchange. In that case, you can stipulate character, size of tin, colour schemes, theme, favourite photographs – or leave it all up to me. For particulars, you can get in touch with me via the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Read more about this project below the gallery…

#281 – Easy Clover

#280 – Astrov’s Desk

#279 -Hot Price

#278 – Check me out

#277 – Lipgloss

#276 – Picture Puppy

#275 – Mistake

#274 – Peachy

#273 – Lavender

#272 – The Lair of the Silver Fox

#271 – Look at me

#270 – Armed & Dangerous

#269 – Claddagh

#268 – Father of the Year

#267 – Hooray

#266 – Silver Fox

#265 – Favourite Ride

#264 – Thornton’s Desk

#263 – Spook-tacular

#262 – Cotton Candy

#261 – Happy Pill

#240-60 – Pass the Love on

#239 – Battle of the Leathers

#238 – Astrov on Stage

#237 – Glove Love

#236 – Woolly Wonder

#235 – Fishy

#234 – Let’s Go Green

#233 – Be Well

#232 – A-dayum

#231 – Sleeping Beauty

#230 – Kiss with Confidence

#229 – Astrov BTS

#228 – The Pen

#227 – The Great Bite

#226 – Mini Boo

#225 – Doctor’s Orders

#221-24 – Thornton’s Pearls

#220 – Untie

#219 – Brilliantly British

#218 – Vintage Percy

#217 – So Bad

#216 – Seasalt

#215 – Perfect

#214 – Colossal

#213 – Growing Astrov

#212 – Irish

#211 – Blink

#210 – Chop Cares

#209 – Vintage Thornton

#208 – Master of the Mill

#207 – Man of Night

#206 – Midget

#205 – Country Boy

#196-204 – You Rock

#195 – Reading

#194 – Paris

#193 – Hero

#192 – Furry Love

#191 – Can’t Keep Away

#190 – Rider

#189 – Heart

#188 – Roses

#187 – London Spy Guy

#186 Beard

#185 Dreamy

#184 T for Thornton

#183 Mother’s Little Helper

#182 – Super Strong Manly

#181 – Sinful

#180 – Fast Food

#179 – Spook

#178 – The Original Steampunk

#177 – Being Green

#176 – Travel RAPS

#175 – I Spy

#174 – Danny in Red Satin

#173 – Cloud 9 RA

#172 – Furry Paul

#171 – Grassy Guy

#170 – Bed of Bluebells RA

#169 – Glitter RA

#168 – Sunbathing Claude

#167 – Dreamy Pink Porter

#166 – Guy v2.0

#165 – Bark

#164 – No-Brainer

#163 – Mystified

#162 – Just in Case

#161 – Team Leather

#160 – Dishy

#159 – Claude Becker

#158 Macduff

#157 Succulent

#156 Silver

#155 Butterfly

#154 Go. See. Ride

#153 No Ordinary Angel

#152 The Sham Rocker

#151 Marvellous

#150 Manège à trois

#149 Bittersweet Berlin

#148 Eargasm

#147 I❤️DIY

#146 Trick or Treat

#144½ PRAG

#144 Spylicious

#143 The Reveal

#142 Francis Dolarback

#141 Deleecious

#140 Sunflower

#139 Gentleman wear plaid

#138 Scarred Raymond

#137 Trevor Belmont Unleashed

#136 Awesome Lips

#135 Annual Easter Roundup

#134 Looks of Love

#133 Irish Lesson

#132 Forearm Porn

#131 White Christmas

#130 Puppy Love

#129 Shooting Star

#128 Knock Knock

#127 Stylish

#126 5 Stars

#125 Mr Ready

#124 Intensive Care

#123 Looking Glass

#122 Dance, Baby

#121 Gardening

#120 Daniel Miller

#119 Study Aide

#118 SuperRA

#117 Love Cats

# 116 The King of Selfietage

# 115 Thornton reads

# 114 Lucky Charm

#113 Guy on the Prowl

#112 Mon Chéri

#111 Maxi

#110 Spying in Berlin

#109 #RichieValentineSwap

#108 Frolicking in the Snow

#107 And pay no worship to the garish sun

#106 In love with night

#105 That all the world will be

#104 The face of heaven so fine

#103 And he will make

#102 And cut him out in little stars

#101 When he shall die, take him

#100 CommemoRAtion

#99 Ferocious Angel

#98 I’m All Heart

#97 The Crown Jewels

#96 Dolarhyde Skin Galore

#95 Prisoner of my ❤️

#94 Armitage Picnic

#93 The Key to Dolarhyde

#92 You Owe Me Awe

#91 Sinnamin Special

#90 Personal Crucible Memorial

#89 Ate It Up

#88 Swallowed Whole

#87 Thorin King of Hearts

#86 What Are You Becoming

#85 Tumble, Adjust, Continue

#84 BeholdTheRedDragon

#83 iRAPS

#82 William Chatford

#81 Hunt the Hermitage

#80 Master Thorinton

#79 ConnemaRAPSoid

#78 Flower Power Thorin

#62 to 77 RAPSoids

#61 Sword-Wielding Thorin

#60 Treasure Chest Guy

#59 Pleasure Bound Guy

#58 Boldly Becoming

#57 ConnemaRA

#56 Good/Bad Boy Porter

#55 Profiled Porter

#54 RALala

#53 Proctorian Salemite Nipplitage

#52 RAPSoid

Matchbox RA

#51 Hot Port(ah)

#50 Portah-ble Kisss

#49 NYRA

#48 Dear John

#47 RAPSpro(ctor)

#46 RL Fetish RA

#45 Proctoritage

#44 Lee ‘Venus’ Preston

#43 On Track

#42 The Chopster

#41 RAnet Special

#40 Mr Darcy-Thornton

#39 Lucas North in Disguise

#38 Thorin and Shieldmaiden

#37 Bollywood RA

#36 Vanity Thorin

#35 Enchanted Mr Thornton

#34 Bitter-Sweet Lucas

#33 Anti-Gravity Thorin

#32 Travelling Thornton

#31 Paul Andrews Therapy

#30 Nowhere in Particular Harry

#29 Morning After RAPSi

#28 Model Lucas

#27 Pirate Guy

#26 Tickled Pink RLRA

#25 Sir Guy Dangling

#24 “First Aid”

#23 Lucas North Wet

#22 Elucasive North

#21 Photoshoot RA

#20 Guy+

#19 Porter “Why?”

#18 Sir Guy “On the Rocks”

#17 Mr Thornton “Tea”

#16 RLRA

#15 Thorin “Crowned”

#14 John Mulligan “Swings”

#13 Thorin “Keeping You Warm”

#12 John Porter “Power Butt”

#11 John Standring “Discreet”

#10 Ricky Deeming “Raw”

#9 Thorin “Madness”

#8 Thorin “Discreet”

#7 Mr Thornton “Precious”

#6 Mr Thornton

#5 Harry Kennedy

# 4 John Standring “Little Lamb”

#3 Lucas North

#2 John Porter “Romeo”

#1 Guy of Gisborne

From the start, recycling and repurposing has been a strong part of the project, using mainly upcycled objects – as well as iconic images – or bits and bobs that the generous and kind supporters of my project have sent me. Mint and cigarette tins, compacts and any other lidded containers are the basis of the shrines that are then filled and decorated with images of chaRActers. They usually contain a slot for a little candle and always come with the trademark disco ball for the added bit of irony. Because that’s what this project is about – spreading some fun and cheer, and making light of our shared admiration for the work and talent of the man who has inspired the RAPS.

The individual shrines are usually a stand-alone piece of fan art, each containing one little scenario that represents a chaRActer. But I have also experimented with creating a multi-shrine body of work to represent a whole story-arc, and the Red Dragon series of shrines created for RA’s stint as Francis Dolarhyde in Hannibal is the first attempt at such. Each shrine consists of images from one episode of Hannibal only and refers back to particularly evcative scenes from the respective episode. Together, they are a collection of Dolarhyde’s stand-out moments from episode 3×08 through 3×13. You can see them in the slide-show below:

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On a personal level, this project has not only become a creative outlet for myself and injected a new, fun approach to my own photography, but has been a starting point for (more) personal communication between myself and other fans. It is this interaction that is most precious to me (even though I have loved every single gift I have received in the course of this project so far), and that is gratifying to an addictive degree. Thank you to all of you who are continuing to give me so much pleasure! Little did I know that the pleasure of my blog title would become so tangible. I am Guylty. But not guilty ❤

Here is a thank you project I created on the basis of a poem:

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For more images of the individual shrines presented in this continually added-to gallery (top), you can look through the Pocket Shrine category here. Feel free to leave me feedback or to get in touch via the individual comments underneath each individual RAPS image. (Click on the pictures to see a massive version of them.)

PS: If you would like a shrine of your own, please get in touch with me (contact form below). I am sure we can suss out a deal.

Get in touch here:

52 thoughts on “Guylty Shrines”

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Helen says:

May 6, 2014 at 11:17 am

😀 I think it’s only fitting that they have their own page! Wow, they look really splendid (and impressive) all together. And all so different. You’re a genius, Guylty 😀 And I think you really have created a whole new… What to call it? Genre? Class? Category? of fangirl apparatus / accessory / service… 😉

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- guylty says:
  
  May 6, 2014 at 12:12 pm
  
  LOL – Fangirl… eh… well-wisher accessories. I think that has to be the byline for the RAPS Inc. company brochure.
  The WP gallery looks quite nice with those different size thumbnails. Can’t wait to add to it. But I’ll give you all a bit of a breather. Don’t want to oversaturate the market 😀
  
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Helen says:

May 6, 2014 at 11:33 am

Correction – for fangirl please read well-wisher 😉

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- guylty says:
  
  May 6, 2014 at 12:12 pm
  
  *thumbs up*
  
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richardtreehouse says:

May 6, 2014 at 5:03 pm

I love this! It is amazing to see them all on one page. You put so much thought and creativity into each and every one. I have my favorites of course (lucky for me one of them is mine!) My favorite part of the fandom is the positive, kind feelings between fans. Guylty, I think you exemplify all that is best!

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- guylty says:
  
  May 6, 2014 at 5:31 pm
  
  Aw, bless 😉 Thanks Tree. But really it is a project of extreme and callous selfishness. I am projecting a load of loveliness because I just cannot be bothered to be nasty. That takes far too much intelligence, coordination and effort. It’s easier to be nice – and to get treated nicely in return. There, Egocentri City 😀
  
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  - Helen says:
    
    May 6, 2014 at 8:31 pm
    
    LOL! So true, too – I’ve never understood what people get out of being nasty other than nastiness back… Have they never discovered that if you are nice to people you can get them to do amazing things for you? (Cue manic laughter) 😉
    
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    - guylty says:
      
      May 6, 2014 at 9:53 pm
      
      LOL – ve have our evil vays and means…
      
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Christine says:

May 7, 2014 at 10:50 pm

These are lovely, and I agree — it’s perfect that they have their own page!! I love being able to ooh and aah over them. :}

…did you send me your address for the Bollywood goody shipment? I didn’t see it. If you did, I’ll go look again. I get a lot of email. This is not because I’m popular, but because I’m a dork. :p lol Thank you!!

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- guylty says:
  
  May 7, 2014 at 11:49 pm
  
  Hello there – just resent you that e-mail, just in case. Check your spam folder 😉
  
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  - Christine says:
    
    May 8, 2014 at 12:06 am
    
    Thank you! 😀
    
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Claudia Cramer says:

May 29, 2014 at 8:32 am

Moin, habe ich das richtig umrissen: fertigst du auch auf Wunsch und Anfrage? Oder nur für dein persönliches Seelenheil? Wenn nicht, wie überzeuge ich dich davon, dass so ein Schrein (schrein Schreine eigentlich ?) dringend ins Rhein-Main-Gebiet kommen muss 😀
Und über den Preis werden wir und sicher einig (“es soll dein Schaden nicht sein ” zwinker,zwinker). Lass doch gelegentlich (geil: die Worterkennung hat gerade “Gelenkentzündung” vorgeschlagen , prust) mal hören. Danke. C

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- guylty says:
  
  May 29, 2014 at 12:20 pm
  
  Antwort per mail rausgeschickt 😉
  
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miapatagonia says:

July 13, 2014 at 11:24 pm

They are all wonderful. My personal favorites include Harry Kennedy’s cottage, Richard reclining on a bed of roses and Mr. Thornton’s train ride.

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- guylty says:
  
  July 13, 2014 at 11:28 pm
  
  Thank you Mia :-). The bed of roses is a personal favourite, too 🙂
  
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lemonjapp says:

August 18, 2014 at 8:14 pm

I think all your RAPS are absolutely SPIFFING and very erotic (tee hee ). I love the King Under the Mountain ones are best – all that MAJESTY (TM) contained within such a tiny, aforesaid EROTIC space. I would love to own one of your RAPS but it would have to be terribly discrete so as not to offend my long suffering husband who has put up with me spending hundreds on Crucible recently! (Maybe he is the one who should receive a shrine but his would be to Linda Carter as Wonder woman.)

I love craft and photography too and have many beads but am unsure of what I have to exchange.

Maybe you would like to read my Thorin story ‘Elf and Dwarf’ at archive of our own. A Thorin lust fest.

Yours in RA sisterhood

Lemonjapp

I understand completely your embarrassment at queuing for the Armitage presence but I too swallowed my pride and have a signed tin of Salem cookies!

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- guylty says:
  
  August 18, 2014 at 10:37 pm
  
  Oh Lemonjapp – love love love your comment :-). Not only for the nice compliments, but also for pointing me to a lust fest of Thorin (must check out later, read: on iPhone in bed *ggg*) and for your sharing my embarrassment at the stage door experience. And what do I hear – you made him sign a cookie tin????? What a brilliant idea (and I thought I was highly original by planning to ask him to sign a mint tin…). I’d love to hear more from you – also in case you would like to cook up a deal re. shrine. If you like, send me an e-mail to guylty(at)photographer(dot)net.
  xx
  
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Mulubinba says:

September 19, 2014 at 11:26 am

I’ve seen two of them … so clever and beautiful!!!
x
‘M’

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- guylty says:
  
  September 19, 2014 at 12:13 pm
  
  *hehe* So they travelled to the Aussie fan meet-up? That’s really cool!!!
  
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lemonjapp says:

September 22, 2014 at 8:54 am

Hi!
I got my heart tin signed!
RA: What’s this? (mystified)
Lemonjapp: It’s a tin (pityingly)
RA: And you want me to sign this?
Lemonjapp: …yeeeeeees (as to slow child)
RA initials tin,tongue out in concentration.
I am now going to attempt my own tin but not with any intention of usurping your IDEA(tm).
I remember my Blue Peter makes. Still scrubbing glue off the table.

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- guylty says:
  
  September 22, 2014 at 9:00 am
  
  Hi there – well done :-D. You had more courage than I did. I never pulled my tin out to have him sign it :-D.
  I have your other heart-shaped tin on my desk, for making a RAPS. It’ll be a different sort of thing because it doesn’t have hinges. We’ll see how it turns out :-D. I look forward to seeing your variation on the theme, though.
  Oh, and BTW – did you ever look at the photo that cute waiter took at the diner? Did it turn out?
  
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- Judit says:
  
  May 14, 2018 at 1:47 am
  
  Hi Lemonjapp! Where/when did this happen? It’s such an adoRAble little story! I especially like the “tongue out” bit!!!
  
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  - Guylty says:
    
    May 14, 2018 at 7:43 am
    
    IIRC Lemonjapp was referring to a biscuit tin she had brought along to the Crucible stage door 😊
    
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micra1 says:

January 3, 2015 at 2:07 pm

To see them all together is stunning! How creative you are Guylty! I feel so proud of my Model Lucas 😀

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- Guylty says:
  
  January 5, 2015 at 2:19 pm
  
  It’s turned out to be quite a menagerie. And I feel challenged to go three-figure this year. Mind you, not sure if the market is going to be saturated before that. But well, if so, I’ll make them and kick them in the bin.
  
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  - micra1 says:
    
    January 5, 2015 at 2:58 pm
    
    Never! Don’t you even dare to think such a blasphemy! 😀
    
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