Book art and beauty made of books

The art of origami has come to us from Japan, where it has been developing for more than one century. But "paper art" a new wave - a work of art from old books!





Since childhood we have been taught to respect the book, and perhaps many of the option a little creativity offended. But you imagine that do not use the authors of these books for their masterpieces, they were lying to rot in landfills or in ditches and gathering dust on the shelves, and never unread. And so, craftsmen have found good use, in fact, rubbish, turning it into a highly artistic work.
Prague secondhand bookshop "Anagrams» (Anagram Bookshop) used in the windows of his store promotional marketing agency working Kaspen.

The artist from the United States of America Robert Ze (Robert The) for his work in a series of "Books" created a truly unique work.

Also, an American contemporary artist Brian Dettmer (Brian Dettmer) to use the book as a material started about ten years ago, and before that was focused exclusively on painting. Now the artist does not stop on the books and has already begun to develop other sources of inspiration. Such as: magnetic tape, maps and others. His works are represented in many galleries across the globe.

French Lucille Moroni (Lucille Moroni) previously worked with fabrics until she saw in the window of a bookstore in Lyon amazing job, made of paper. It happened about seven years ago and since then Lucille uses in his works missals and church books, the number of pages that can be up to 800 pages.



British artist Su Blackwell (Su Blackwell) is from old books complex sculptures. Su loves Andersen's fairy tales, before work more with fabrics.













American from Seattle Casey Curran (Casey Curran) in his art, using scissors. However, in addition to books, she also works with wood, fabrics, ropes and other things.

Denise Keegan (Denise Kiggan) in South Africa has not yet gained such fame, but her work seem the kindest and light.







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