The Best Way to Destroy a Book
As a librarian, I am generally against book-destroying, but I have to make an exception for this cool artist’s work. Brian Dettmer cuts through the cover and carves into the pages of books to create layered three-dimensional sculptures. He doesn’t add anything or move the pages around, just cuts through the paper leaving only the words and pictures that he finds interesting. Some of his sculptures are really amazing, so click on the pictures to see some more of his work.
Please don’t try this out with your library books, but hopefully this will inspire you to think more of the artistic possibilities of the ordinary things around you.