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it’s all so pretty… I’m kind of obsessed with book art. I dabble a little here and there with folding book but nothing like what’s really possible. Book art in general is fascinating to see the things people come up with. The other day Ellie of Mint (love her blog) tweeted about her latest post featuring artist Jonathan Callan. I made a note to look it up when I had time. Today I searched google images for “book art”.  It blew my mind. I’m highlighting three artists I really enjoyed (there were many) The above image is Cara Barer and below are Jonathan Callan, Georgia Russell.

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Cara Barer

Houston based artist, all started with a yellow pages she found on the street. Since then she has been manipulating or finding manipulated books and photographing them. Beautiful.

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Jonathan Callan

Love the mass of his pieces. They are huge. Very cool.

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Georgia Russell

Okay, here’s where I just decided I absolutely had to post about this… it’s unbelievable. Truly gorgeous work and under glass domes??? Oy!

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July 21st, 2010 at 4:19 pm

21 Responses to “book art”

  1. theoneinpink » Blog Archive » bits & pieces: july 21, 2010 says:
    July 21, 2010 at 7:23 pm

    [...] Really cool book art. I love anything having to do with books! [...]

  2. Lauren Clay says:
    July 21, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    So beautiful! And who would have thought you could do all this?!

  3. Oscar Perez says:
    July 21, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    I love the books under the glass domes. They look like creatures!

  5. liz says:
    July 22, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    love this

  6. Barbara says:
    July 22, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    Incredible! I love them!

  8. The Tart says:
    July 22, 2010 at 7:38 pm

    I love book art. A friend of my made the coolest one … I should have bought it! Pfft

  9. Sally@DivineDistractions says:
    July 22, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    Wow! Not much more to say than that….except maybe….freaking amazing!

  10. Jackson says:
    July 23, 2010 at 1:22 am

    Very cool! Reminds me of one of my
    photos of an old phone book stuffed
    between a couple mailboxes:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaxxon/1752710570/

  12. fripiximages says:
    July 23, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    Wao!…..this is mind blowing!

  13. “Paris is Burning” « Hour of Gold says:
    July 25, 2010 at 1:52 am

    [...] a lighter note, some book art for your enjoyment.  Not bookmaking this time, but art made out of books.  Roger over at no [...]

  14. Martha says:
    July 31, 2010 at 8:25 am

    ooooooooooooohhhhhhh my goooooooooooooodnessssssssssssss. b-l-o-w me a-w-a-y!

  15. Emilie Sano says:
    August 2, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    whoa…that is amazing and super cool. that’s recycling well done!! : )

  16. Grab Bag 3 « Real Life Artist says:
    August 3, 2010 at 8:52 am

    [...] 5. If your eyeballs and sensibilities need refreshment after that, don’t miss this amazing book art. [...]

  19. kbd says:
    August 9, 2010 at 7:53 am

    have you seen these ones? Gorgeous!

    http://www.freshlyfound.com/store/Cushion-Cover-Novelty

    and for sale!!!

  20. Rural Rachael RoundUp « Trolleyed says:
    August 30, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    [...] Book Art on style/SWOON – these are beautiful! [...]

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