Book Sculptures/Found Art/Creative Destruction
Via BoingBoing, artist Brian Dettmer is creating three dimensional sculptures by cutting away the pages of books, leaving strategic illustrations behind to created this topographical affect, and capture the cumulative visual impact of a book in a single view. This seems very cool on several levels! Wow. Link
Also see Georgia Russell's beautiful work, eviscerating books. Link
I have a set of 1974 Compton's encyclopedias I'm preparing to part with. I paid $3 for them, and have no sentimental connection to them (found them at a book sale). I've wanted to do some creative destruction with them. Nothing this sophisticated, but I find this inspiring all the same. I will perhaps do some collaging with my own sets. Certainly a fun way to think about books for someone who has grown up with them.
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Aren't they incredible?! Just imagine the time and planning that went in to rendering these!