Book Art and Sculpture
Categories: Art, Things of Beauty | Tags: book art, book mobile, book sculptures, book sphere, paper sculpture | 4 comments
One of my favorite things is to take something already existing and repurpose it. Artists have such a knack for this. American philosopher, Francis Schaeffer, says that since we are made in the image of God, we can be co-creators with Him. I love that. I firmly believe that everyone is creative, and has the capacity to create…something. Anyway, that was a rabbit trail. What I really want to talk about are these fabulous vintage books that have been transformed into beautiful art.
From left to right:
Book art by Melbourne based sculptor, Nicholas Jones // Sphere by shophouse [ Via Modish ]// book sculpture by feli // Book Mobile by shophouse // apple sculpture from a paperback book
Old books are floating around everywhere, and the shabby ones are great candidates for a new beginning.
Comments (4)
I love these, such an amazing and unique idea!
I wanted to recommend the book “Hidden Art” by Edith Schaeffer (Francis Schaeffer’s wife) My mom read it in college and then gave it to me when I was in college- it has 15 sections/chapters of areas in our life where we can find art in the everyday! I used to lecture over this book in my art classes. Here is the link to it on amazon!
http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Art-Homemaking-Edith-Schaeffer/dp/0842313982/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240063938&sr=8-1
Thanks Lisa, sounds like a great read!
loved this work. i am an art teacher and im going to do book art with my kids and i know they will be inpired!
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