Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

mhdunaway:

And here’s the first page of my new book. White text on left reads, “I walk home without you.”

Let’s Live Here by Jamie Lynn Schilling

Six thickly bound books make up this typical block of Philadelphia row homes, reflecting my interest in the hidden stories of my own neighborhood. In any community there is significance, meaning, and sometimes tension between who lives next to whom, much like books on a shelf. I use the book form as a metaphor, implying that there are stories here. Each carefully embroidered brick begs a closer look, an investigation of those stories. The altered books that comprise the text blocks vary in their content, though the narrative cannot be read from cover to cover. The stories of this community are found in the relationships between the books.

flentes:

Artist James Hopkins created skulls out of different household items he arranged on several bookshelves. His series entitled ‘Vanitas’ is quite a clever, modern take on this still life genre. ‘Vanitas’ can be defined as a type of symbolic art, often including symbols like skulls, rotten fruit, hourglasses, and other items related to the brevity of life and the certainty of death.

(Source: dormio)

curiosity-killedthecat:

Your House, designed by Olafur Eliasson

(via asoftskeleton)

mhdunaway:

The latest pages from my latest painted book. 

Top page reads, “lovely, lovely, lovely, lonely.” 

Bottom page reads, “I’ve discovered that I have the gift to feel at home. Just about anywhere.”

r-i-p-sunanda:

home (by knittens-)

(via moleskinery)

bookspaperscissors:

paper curtains and lampshades from eclu on Etsy

(Source: sosuperawesome)

theperfectambience:

Old books and jars

(via aperfectambience)

helpstarttherevolution:

Our pledge.

(via leslieavonmiller)

(Source: leadme2thecross1, via fleurishes)