Folded Page Art means that you take a book - preferably one you don't mean to read again - and fold each page in the same way. The result is a 3 dimensional sculpture, the exact shape of which will depend on the type of fold that you have chosen.

We suspect that this is quite an old idea; certainly this example was made by an elderly lady in Paris.

Once all the pages have been folded, you can't close the book. In fact, once most of the pages have been folded, it is initially hard to see how you would fold the remaining pages. No doubt there are techniques that the experts use that are not shared lightly. We suspect that you probably fold the pages first - a process that can be done most accurately when you can open the book normally, i.e. the pages are not in their folded position - and having creased the pages, you then unfold them. Once you have worked your way through all the pages, giving them an accurate fold, you can then start moving them into the folded position. The last few pages will be quite tight to slip into position, but at least the folds will already be in place. However that is only our guess as to how it is done!

Because of the time that goes into these books, an example such as the one we show here would cost about GBP275 (nearly US$500). Larger example can cost quite a bit more. But why not make your own?

You have just discovered that you are immune to a contagious disease that once
threatened to decimate Earth’s population. Now you must face Society and the
grudge it nurtures against your kind. What if they took away a few of your
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Discrimination is frightening enough to watch, but the effects can be terrifying
when you take a stand and refuse to be blamed for your genetic make-up.

A routine test irrevocably alters a man's life when his family and those he loves
most turn on him without warning. Every person he thought he could trust has
become a potential enemy who will stop at nothing to betray him and others
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while treachery and political treason wreak havoc on his life. Pay careful
attention as Fate manipulates the destiny of innocent bystanders. Heed the
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Why do they always say.. "What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?"

Price of tea in China
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"The price of tea in China" is an expression which is used to denote something which is unrelated to the current topic of discussion.

This expression has stemmed from economists, who describe everything economic as affecting everything else, trying to find an expression which denotes the furthest logical connection from their current economic focus. In this way, the price of tea in China was used to denote the furthest possibility. It can also be used to denote an irrelevant topic.

It has the most common form "what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?"

There may be a second explanation.

In the 19th century the price for tea in England was the highest when the first ship with the newly harvested tea came in. So for the ship owners it was important to be as fast as possible back to England with the load, otherwise the cost of the passage was not to be recovered from the sale of the tea. Thus there were real races (the tea clipper races) where the sail ships managed to travel the whole distance from China to England in about 80 to 90 days.

The difference in prices from the first load to the later ones was so high that the original price which was paid for the tea in China was quite unimportant. So the "price of tea in China" was something that really didn't matter for the ship owners. They had to have the tea in England as fast as possible.

Occasionally the essentially synonymous expression "price of fish in China" is used in its place.

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Any drunken ramblings here?

Any drunken ramblings here?

Any drunken ramblings here?