Kerry Miller brings old and discarded books back to life, turning them into unique pieces of 3D artwork. The mixed media and collage artist carefully carves out illustrations found within th…
UK-based book sculptor Emma Taylor sources old books from charity and antique shops and gives them a second story. Taylor uses simple materials—just glue, paper, and scissors—to sculpt architectural facades, lively animals, and leafy trees from otherwise unused titles. Each scene is inspired by the book’s written content, with a garden scene emerging from AnContinue reading "New Three Dimensional Narratives Composed from Discarded Books"
If you were in Melbourne this past June, you may have run into a gargantuan installation right on the city streets. For The Light in Winter festival,
San Francisco-based artist Alexis Arnold (previously) looks to isolate the material rather than the content of the books she freezes in time, calling attention to both their physicality and quickly diminishing presence in our day-to-day lives. Using borax crystals, Arnold sprouts hardened, iridescent forms from a publication’s pages, posing the work more like a naturalContinue reading "New Discarded Books Transformed Into Crystallized Sculptures by Alexis Arnold"
Dictionaries are there to teach us things, but over time those books grow old until eventually they end up broken and destroyed. But a company called PRRINT has found a brilliant way to preserve both the books themselves as well as their educational purpose.
This is a guide to making recycled book art. Learn how to turn your old books into DIY home decor with this step-by-step Hometalk tutorial.
French artist Inès Mélia finds abandoned books on the streets of Paris and transforms them into charming Tissue Boxes.
Artist Isobelle Ouzman has spent the past decade meditating on the role of storytelling by recycling old books into fairy-tale inspired art.
In today's post: Learn how to turn an old book from the thrift store into a cute Christmas decoration with this folded book Christmas tree craft. I'm sitting in my kitchen with a Christmas scented
Jose Alberto Gutierrez has collected over 20,000 books, which he lends out to neighbors for free.
Betty Pepper is a paper artist, designer, and a storyteller based in UK. In 2004, Betty graduated with a First Class BA Hons in Jewellery a...
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Adults: book art (Christmas tree?) This can be done rather quickly with discarded books and ribbon
Let's start with the definition. An ex-library book is a book that once belonged to a public library or institution and has been 'discarded' after being deemed no longer useful. These books often gravitate into the hands of used booksellers and end up for sale on online marketplaces such as AbeBooks.
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Specializing in colorful and quirky prints, PRRINT is an art shop with a sustainable side. The company's founders pride themselves on their
Book page wreaths are a beautiful and easy project you can make by using the pages from an old discarded book. I took this one in a different direction by mak…
In a digital world has the craft of paper become obsolete? Is paper the new luxury?
Melinda Tidwell is an artist and workshop instructor who makes Fine Art Collage using discarded books.
