Books transformed into visual art

Books of Art – De l’Art avec des livres par Isaac Salazar Books of Art – De l’Art avec des livres par Isaac Salazar “Books of Art” est un projet artistique à base de livres pliés, réalisé par l’artiste Isaac Salazar. Une idée toute simple, mais très bien exécutée ! via Paper Art Paper art can be traced back to Japan, where it originated over a thousand years ago. From complex paper cutting to book carving, this is an ever expanding area of design that is hardly talked about. These intricate paper designs grace museums and exauhibitions throughout the world and is becoming yet another exciting medium of expression for many designers. Some of the artists featured here use simple materials, such as A4 printing papeel, while others resort to unexpected materials, such as actual books, as their prime materials. In this article, we’ll take a look at 13 remarkable artists and showcase their truly amazing pieces of paper art. Peter Callesen Visit website Jen Stark Visit website Simon Schubert Visit website Brian Dettmer: Book Sculptures Visit website Sher Christopher Visit website Elsa Mora Visit website Yulia Brodskaya Visit Website Su Blackwell Visit website Richard Sweeney Visit website Jolis Paons Visit website Bovey Lee Visit website Bert Simons Visit website Ingrid Siliakus Visit website

Artist Brian Dettmer Carves Old Books into Intricate Narrative Sculptures Brian Dettmer – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Most of Dettmer’s focus is on books, favoring out of date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books and dictionaries. He begins carving away arbitrarily at the pages, letting the images reveal themselves as he moves through his process. He seals the edges of the books to ensure precision, which also transforms the splayed edges to look like a smooth and sanded piece of wood. Carefully extracting bits and pieces, he creates a narrative within the books’ contents, revealing selected sentences and images. The resulting beautiful sculptures completely reinterpret the original intention of each book. Dettmer’s messages range from narrative to political, with spiral sculptures of butterflies from a lepidoptery journal, or a scene of layered illustrated animals from a children’s book. Dettmer exhibits his sculptures in galleries and museums throughout North America and Europe, breathing new life into media that our fast-paced society has outgrown. + Brian Dettmer

Amazing Ballpoint Paintings The Magical Pop-Up Book Theater Once in a while a special project comes along… “The Ice Book” is a miniature paper theater with light and computer graphics projected on it. It is beautifully executed by Davy and Kristin McGuire. Official notes about “The Ice Book” (published at Vimeo): [...] It tells the story of a mysterious princess who lures a boy into her magical world to warm her heart of ice. Below: The making of the “Ice Book.” Link via Fubiz Amazing Ballpoint Paintings April 19th, 2011 Huda Ikraam They may look like pin-sharp photographs but these amazing pictures are actually drawings created with the humble ballpoint pen. The stunning pictures, measuring up to 10ft high, were drawn by a rising star of the art world, Juan Francisco Casas. Juan can use up to four 14p ballpoint pens for a canvas and his works are already a sell-out at exhibitions. Formerly a traditional painter, Juan began the drawings three years ago based on photographs of nights out with his friends. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Book Paintings Posted on June 6, 2011 by saya A really great artist can create wonderful things almost anywhere – on walls, grounds, lips, eyelids, or on book pages. Look at these paintings from Mike Stilkey, I bet everyone would think of one same word “wow”. Designer: Mike Stilkey Trippy Pencil Drawing Animation | Hand Drawing Art Pictures and Ideas Published on October 24th, 2011 [vimeo] Drawing is art of depicting what we see or what we think or what our intension. Naturally people start drawing using pencil. There are some disadvantages also in using pencil color to draw a picture. The Best Part is the Inside of a Book Beautiful paper art by Julia Feld.