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To Whom Do You Belong?
When in the height of youthful prime,
And candour gently reigned,
Then feared you not the march of Time,
Possession you disdained.

How fulsome in existence chaste
Were you content to dwell;
And life's pursuits in restless haste
Cast not their ugly spell.

Content without the irksome hand
Of one who gathers flowers.
Content in peaceful shades to stand
Whilst claims were made in bowers.

Then came those hands, clear to discern
Above the heady throng.
How came you for those hands to yearn?
To whom do you belong?

Why sigh you now, with faded mien,
For hands which care you not?
Regretting thus to be unseen,
Regretting now your lot

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This one is part of The Night Before Christmas. It's the original pop-up I made for the end of the book. I hadn't been able to post it before as I've only just got it back.

Here is another photograph, from a slightly less steep angle. It's probably the marginally better picture in terms of quality, but this one shows the layers better.

Made from white Canson Mi-Teintes paper. All the pieces were hand-cut with a scalpel. The base measures 472 x 236mm when open. The pop-up is roughly 155mm tall at its highest point (the church steeple).

It's endured a tiny amount of wear and dirt, having been in the hands of the paper engineers and cutters who reproduced it for the book two years ago. But my photograph is rather poor (sorry), so they are disguised.

You can see a picture of the book's version of the pop-up on Amazon, as well as other pictures kindly shared by a customer. There are also some very kind reviews there (which make my eyes red). I didn't post many pages from this book in my gallery, as the book is better seen in person. The pages contain cuts in them which reveal glimpses into the preceding and following pages.

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Merry Christmas!
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~ikarusmedia Mar 14, 2013
awesome work!
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~Elly288 Jan 14, 2013
aaah, UNIQUE ^w^
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Mood: Joy ~LMonster2 Dec 31, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
This is an amazing piece of paper art. I was just starting to read up more on working on pop up art and I love this one!
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Mood: Love ~katr14 Dec 22, 2012  Student General Artist
This image has been featured at :iconrainbow-4all-club: Weekly Newspaper :squee:
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~LeafyHeart Dec 11, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
wow! awesome!!!!
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*TheGoldenGizmet Dec 8, 2012  Professional Artist
Hello! I've submitted your piece into the group Art-Quilling [link] and would love if you considered joining! You've also been featured in our blog: Happy holidays!

Gz, cofounder
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~MinObsi Oct 16, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Just amazing.
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=KreepingSpawn Aug 4, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Have you seen ~Lolita555's interpretation? [link]
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*Himmapaan Aug 7, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Yes, I saw it a little while ago. ^_^
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=KreepingSpawn Aug 7, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Cool! :)
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