souvenirs of Bermuda.

He plans to collect 5,000 images of the Island, which he hopes to make into a record-breaking greeting card.

Mr. Cook, 47, assembles his creations from tiny pieces of paper clipped from advertisements, brochures and other cards.

They fold up flat, but when opened pop up into amazing displays. Mr. Cook, a friend of Bermudian Mr. Howard Dowling, is on his second trip to the Island.

In just two weeks of this visit he made the Christmas card pictured on this page, which contains about 2,150 pieces. A third are from England and two-thirds from Bermuda.

Mr. Cook, an interior decorator, has been making personalised cards and envelopes for about 20 years.

He learned the pop-up technique from a kids' TV show about 10 years ago, and his creations have got bigger and bigger.

"I do it when I get home from work and I'm tired. I find it very therapeutic,'' he said.

"It's a thing that looks incredibly difficult, but if you're shown how to do something you can do it. All you need is patience.'' Workers at the visitors' service bureaux in St. George's and Hamilton have got used to Mr. Cook's requests for brochures and have started making their own cards.

In Mr. Cook's Christmas card, logos and place names from London are seen with those from Bermuda. There are miniature pictures of British politicians and celebrities, including John Major and the Beatles.

There is also a tiny portrait of Mr. Cook, and the logo of the travel company that shares his name.

Mr. Cook has also made souvenir envelopes, notebooks and dioramas of Bermuda.

Now he wants to get his creations -- and the Island -- into the Guinness Book of Records.

He hopes a mention in the world-famous reference book will bring publicity for Bermuda.

"Bermuda is so lovely, and the people are so friendly, that if it gets them any publicity that's fine.'' WHAT A CARD! -- Visitor Mr. Thomas Cook displays the Christmas card he made on the Island in just two weeks, from more than 2,000 pieces of paper.