Friday, 22 August 2008

The bittersweet art of cutting up books

Via Dark Roasted Blend.




















Image: Peggy Dembicer












Image: Georgie Russell






















Image: Cara Barer

I'm the type of person who gets irritated when people deface books, if only by writing or annotating inside them (let alone destroying them) but some of these creations are stunning. And I suppose that with the ever-increasing digital saving of printed materials, the deconstruction of books to create such works of art becomes more and more acceptable to me.

Also check out the work of Matthew Hall.

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