Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

ianbrooks:

Carved Leaf Arts by Lorenzo Duran Silvan

Inspired by the patterns in leaves left by very hungry caterpillars, Lorenzo collects the fallen foliage from his backyard and sketches designs on them before meticulously cutting them out with a pointy object, taking anywhere from a week on each design to two months.

Artist: Website (via: Daily Mail / Faith is Torment)

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

whataboutneville:

My Harry Potter covers (you know, if book covers supported gifs (which they totally should)), Inspired by (but not nearly as awesome as) the animation in the Pottermore video. 

(via whinycherub)

libraryland:

I assume this is a Brian Dettmer creation.

(Source: , via childofdanu)

(Artist?)

(Source: spurverr, via d-isorders)

defacedbook:

Johan Eldrot

The Unfamiliar (I Hear You, Feel You, Taste You, Smell You And Imagine You. I Just Can’t Meet You), 2009

boyswithbanjos:

Etsy Huntin: Pommes Frites

Reincarnating antiquated novels, Kristen Pumphrey delicately carves through worn pages, turning books into hideaways for sinful goodies like flasks and ciggies, or as safeguards for precious keepsakes.

Hide your secrets in these camouflaged books.

(Source: boyswithbanjos)

hurricanebutterflies:

Naturayarte

Spanish artist Lorenzo Duran uses incredible detail when cutting his delicate designs into dry leaves. The ongoing project is called Naturayarte and it has got to be one of my favourite examples of scalpel cutting.

(Source: lauren-harpum)

Lorenzo Duran

(via d-isorders)