Sublackwell.co. Don’t try this at home. You think that books are just for reading?
It turns out that many people think different. Georgia Russell is from Scotland. She uses scalpel instead of a brush or a pen. rObfOs: Daniel Lai - Kenjio Art Studio (altered book art) Above images are works by altered book artist Daniel Lai.
You can find a little bit more about him here: Mysterious paper sculptures « Central Station. Those of you who don’t keep up with Edinburgh’s literary world through Twitter may have missed the recent spate of mysterious paper sculptures appearing around the city.
Guardian article, 3rd March 2011. One day in March, staff at the Scottish Poetry Library came across a wonderful creation, left anonymously on a table in the library. Carved from paper, mounted on a book and with a tag addressed to @byleaveswelive – the library’s Twitter account – reading: It started with your name @byleaveswelive and became a tree.… … We know that a library is so much more than a building full of books… a book is so much more than pages full of words.… This is for you in support of libraries, books, words, ideas….. a gesture (poetic maybe?)