If like my Dad you have a surplus of old books lying around the house gathering dust and you want to make better use of them why not take up the unique art form of ‘Book Surgery’. Contemporary artist Brian Dettmer takes old encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries and medical journals and transforms them into staggering works of art.
He seals and combines the books before meticulously carving away each page using scalpels, tweezers and other surgical tools giving the once dull book a new lease of life. What really is amazing is that he only carves the pages away; nothing is added or relocated. He uses the images, colours and text held within the pages to create his work of art.
To find out more about Brain Dettmer visit his website or browse his wide range of work on Flickr.
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ReplyDeleteVery nice introduction..maybe i can do this with the bibles i have amassed over the years.