Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

unknowneditors:

Intricate Book Carvings by Nino Orlandi!

Carved Bone Books by Shanna Leino

magnolius:

one of the many astounding collages by Meg Hitchock made by cutting letters from various books, including the Koran and Rushdie’s “Satanic Verses”. Highly recommend checking the rest of the collection on her site, where you can also see the detailed versions of each piece.

In my text drawings I deconstruct the word of God by cutting letters from sacred writings and rearranging them to form a passage from another holy book. I may cut letters from the Bible and reassemble them as a passage from the Koran, or use letters cut from the Torah to recreate an ancient Tantric text. The individual letters are glued to the paper in a continuous line of type, without spaces or punctuation, in order to discourage a literal reading of the text. 

(Source: svdp)

eatsomeart:

leaf carvings for the environment

by lorenzo duran

junkculture:

Built of Books

Dutch artist Frank Halmans creates imaginary buildings by carving windows, stairways and doors out of stacks of vintage books…more here

(via onemansrubbish)

Brian Dettmer, Webs New Inner Diction, 2007, Altered Book.

hi-inspiremeplease:

Mizuta Tasogare

pencil carving

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