There are some amazingly creative librarians in our library. They make displays for every occasion. At the beginning of Spring, they used old CDs and paper to make a little picket fence and daffodil design on the automatic glass doors.

At the moment there is a display for Diwali and one for the race season. I’m not keen on horse races and listened uneasily to the Melbourne Cup today. The race coincided with the news at five o’clock, as I was driving home, and Radio NZ interrupted the news to broadcast it on both National and Concert programmes, so there was no escape. I later heard that a horse was injured and did not survive its injuries.

But the library display is rather wonderful, and all made with found materials – whatever was at hand. The dress is made of newspaper.

Note the related books beside the mannequin. Here’s a close-up of the paper jewellery. Note the blue flower on the hem.

The shoes are made of foil and paper.

There is a display case as well:

One of the creative librarians showed me the book about Creative Paper Art which gave them the inspiration.

Another triumph for books.