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Book of the Dead

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I wanted to have my own "Necronomicon" so I used a plaster casting of a rubber Halloween skull and an old hardcover novel I got at a dollar store and went to work. Some of the gems adorning the cover are actually fancy plastic buttons from a fabric store. The interior has been hollowed out to hide whatever will fit (mummified monkey paw, sacred amulet or in my case, a compact watercolour set)

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Here we will see the mysterious interior of the dread book...

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Prepare yourself for the horror....

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The Watercolour Set of Nyarlathotep!

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... and Winsor Newton Cotman.

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Update! Here is the piece as it appears on the cover of On-Spec; I just got this copy last week.

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