Book Sculptures
 

Some of the most interesting visual art I've ever seen. (At least online thanks to BoingBoing; I've yet to see these in person.) The artist calls them Book Autopsies.

http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/09...6:26/#more-550

Wow, those are spectacular.

Oh, my. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite so lovely and surprising and somehow even a little sad... and, wow.

Magnificent. I wish the artist would come to my local booksale. There are always old editions of books that go unpurchased. I try to go through many of them so I can keep them and love them but there are plenty of them that live on the shelf for a year waiting for a home.

Very cool. I have a set of Encyclopedia Britanica they could use. :snap:

Neat-o!
:)

And now, it CAME FROM BEYOND!

Mad paper beast on the loose.

Or maybe it just lost its mommy.

That face is something only a mother can love... and that lady can't run from fast enough!

no, I think even she would be hard pressed

I particularly like the ones in wood: the juxtaposition of books and the source of the paper.