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     <figcaption>Final form.</figcaption>

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   <p>I've learned a bit since originally making this. The leather I used is not ideal for this application due to its thin profile which makes it floppy. I eventually would like to try various leather hardening techniques, but I've found that laminating a thick paper to the piece with white glue provides enough stiffness. This is a recent addition, though. I experimented with it on another book, but never bothered to update this one until yesterday.</p>

-  <p>The money clip is from my mom who had it passed down from her grandfather. It has an Irish penny embedded in it. It's fallen out once so far and is starting to come loose again, but it's easy enough to re-secure.</p>

+  <p>Though the base material isn't ideal, how I acquired it was a formative experience. In school, there are plenty of cliches and tropes about various majors. Many an accusation have been lobbed at mine, not all unfounded. In our little group at the time, we saw fashion majors as "too good" for the rest of us and a bit stuck up. That said, I figured they would have some spare, scrap fabric I could scrounge, so I ventured to their floor with some friends. While timidly walking into the sewing area, one of the faculty in conversation noticed our obviously out-of-place presence. He asked what I was looking for, and I said, "fabric scraps." He motioned to a bin. As I started to poke and prod at the collection of offcuts, he asked, "what is it for?" I gave him a quick description of the project and he said, "oh, follow me," and proceeded to bring us to the fabric room. I had told him what I was hoping to find, and he pulled out a role of leather and handed it to me. "Does this work?" I looked it over, and it was about as good as I could have hoped for in terms of color and look. Expecting him to cut a piece off, I stood there stupidly idle. "What, do you need more?" He was actually giving me the whole role... I couldn't believe what was happening. "Oh,,, no, thank you!" and we walked out in shock to discuss the implications of what had happened. Needless to say, I gained a lot more appreciation for the various departments. If I walked into our clay studio as another major and asked for a brick of clay, I'd probably have been denied.</p>

+  <p>Moving on, the money clip is from my mom who had it passed down from her grandfather. It has an Irish penny embedded in it. It's fallen out once so far and is starting to come loose again, but it's easy enough to re-secure. I like the tie to family, and her side were known for being crafty. Some of them were harp builders, and we had a couple of them for a while.</p>

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     <figcaption>Filled with goodies.</figcaption>