The Mini-Sculpture Formerly Known as a Book

The shift to digital text consumption has inspired certain lifestyle gurus to try out DIY Book Repurposing (the “I” standing for an “it” which is “murder”), but here’s a collection of book transformations that may seem a little more felicitous. The following piece was created by an anonymous artist, and is part of the upcoming Art Made From Books: Altered, Sculpted, Carved, Transformed (Chronicle).

This tableau is also by Anonymous, who has also faced the claim that his/her art is “book vandalism.” I say it’s fair to destroy something only if you’re going to make something better out of it, and these intricate and spooky little guys certainly qualify.

Check out more examples from Fast Company: James Allen’s “Book Excavations,” a modified version of 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking in which the covers and binding remain intact, is amazing. I would like someone to do one of those with a giant Richard Scarry book!

Photos courtesy of Chronicle Books.