Crafty Book Re-use
I came across this great How-To on Craftzine.com for turning an old book into wall storage. I don’t know how many of my readers are crafters, but this looks easy enough for just about anyone to try. The tutorial is from Pam from Gingerbread Snowflakes. I suggest looking for books that are damaged enough inside [...]
Book Art: Nicholas Galanin
I never knew that “book art” was a real thing until coming across Kylie Stillman. Even then I though, Wow. This artist is doing this amazing thing that no one else has ever done. I admit, I was completely ignorant. After that I found Su Blackwell‘s work. Then in May, Boing Boing featured artist Nicholas [...]
Alphabetica
Shop Indie Bookstores A couple weeks ago I saw a book on Cool Mom Picks that I had to share here. Alphabetica: Odes to the Alphabet is a collection of poems about the alphabet for children. Author Diana Spieker and illustrator Krista Skehan, Alphabetica really is a beautiful work of art. The poetry is described [...]
More Book Art
Since I stumbled on Kylie Stillman’s book art, I’ve been wandering the internet to see what people are creating from books. That’s how I found Su Blackwell. Her book art is gorgeous. Her artist statement convinced me not to be a little saddened by book art. “Paper has been used for communication since its invention; [...]
Kylie Stillman Carves Books
As much as I shudder a little when I think about carving a book, I still fell in love Kylie Stillman’s art. I first heard of Stillman on Apartment Therapy back in August. The original post about her is here. She lives in Australia, so most of her exhibitions are there, but she has a [...]
