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Jeremy May\u2019s book jewelry. Images via My Modern Met.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019re like me, the walls of your home are obscured by hundreds, nay thousands, of thick, musty, outdated reference texts: The 1903 Wisden Cricketers\u2019 Almanack<\/em>. Things to Know About Boll Weevils<\/em>. Urinalysis and You. <\/em>A day ago, I would\u2019ve told you the only way to get rid of these books was to burn them. But now I\u2019ve learned that you can turn them into jewelry. It\u2019s easy:<\/p>\n

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  1. Carefully tear out hundreds of pages and laminate them together.<\/li>\n
  2. Using your hands and the same unalloyed will that led you to hoard these books in the first place, form the laminated paper into a ring, bracelet, pendant, or necklace of your choice.<\/li>\n
  3. With your safety goggles on, take a power sander to your jewelry and buff it until you achieve a lustrous, glossy finish.<\/li>\n
  4. Or just call Jeremy May<\/a>. He does this for a living and is better at it than you are.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    May, an artist based in London, is showing his book jewelry\u2014created using a vastly refined version of the process above\u2014as part of a group exhibition called \u201cRead and Worn: Jewelry from Books<\/a>,\u201d at New York\u2019s RR Gallery through April 24. You can see more images below and at My Modern Met<\/a>.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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    If you\u2019re like me, the walls of your home are obscured by hundreds, nay thousands, of thick, musty, outdated reference texts: The 1903 Wisden Cricketers\u2019 Almanack. Things to Know About Boll Weevils. Urinalysis and You. A day ago, I would\u2019ve told you the only way to get rid of these books was to burn them. 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