Friday, February 24, 2012

Book Art and Surgical Tools

Two sites I stumbled across today that have some really fascinating art-via-physical books. The first link is best visited as there are three artists spotlighted there. The second has more pictures than I wanted to post, simply because I didn't write the article, but I think the site is also worth exploring. Enjoy. 


http://quarterlyconversation.com/the-book-art-of-robert-the-cara-barer-and-jacqueline-rush-lee

And...

http://karanarora.posterous.com/insane-art-formed-by-carving-books-with-surgi


Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.

Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms.

"My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception," he says.

"The richness and depth of the book is universally respected yet often undiscovered as the monopoly of the form and relevance of the information fades over time. The book’s intended function has decreased and the form remains linear in a non-linear world. By altering physical forms of information and shifting preconceived functions, new and unexpected roles emerge."

Dettmer is originally from Chicago, where he studied at Columbia College. He currently lives and works in Atlanta, GA.







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1 comment:

  1. I love arts and making models of wood and steel is one of my hobbies. There are many tools which are used to create such show-piece. With quality equipment and talent anything can be beautified.

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    Charlie
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