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Very very funky books
Here's some sculpture that may give the bibliophiles among you a strange feeling. On one hand, a book, rather than being destroyed, is utterly transformed into a fascinating object that is strangely compelling. Here's an example, constructed from 3 books, and a link to see more. The artist, Brian Dettmer, literally carves out the pages leaving text and images to form these very sculptural constructions that basically transform a 2-dimensional medium into something 3-dimensional. This fellow must have some pretty sharp and pretty fine cutting tools. Wonder if he's done any botanicals? HT to Blue Collar Atheist.
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Interesting ideas. Amazing to look at an everyday item and see it changed into art. Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteYou might love this illustrated story from Scotland:
ReplyDeleteMystery paper art donations to libraries and museums.
If you wanted a botanical connection, apart from the tree, check the label on the teabag:
ReplyDelete"by leaves we live"
My new motto.