August 13, 2012

Inspiring Book & Paper Sculptures

Inspiring Book & Paper Sculptures
A Fun Time With Knowledge. This book sculpture features very detailed skeleton sculptures and old school music player, but what made this sculpture really special is the fact that nobody knows who created it ? the artwork was delivered to a library or certain event secretly. (Image Source:chrisdonia)
a fun time with knowledge 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Plant of Appreciation. Another secretly delivered book sculpture with aggressive details. Next to the tree sits a paper egg lined with gold and quoted parts from the poem ?A Trace of Wings? by Edwin Morgan. (Image Source: chrisdonia)
plant of appreciation 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Teabreak. A sculpture with beauty and elegance crafted in. It was found at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with the tag, reading ?To @edbookfest ?A gift? This is for you in support of libraries, books, words, ideas? & festivals. XX? Really mysterious, huh? (Image Source: chrisdonia)
teabreak 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Dairy Nets & Soda. You can?t deny that this sculpture is epic. Brian Dettmer takes a thick book and transformed it into an extremely impressive book sculpture, and what?s unbelievable is, he didn?t add anything extra to form the sculpture! (Image Source: Brian Dettmer)
dairy nets and soda 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Mound 2. By just removing what was there in the first place, a boring, abandoned book can even be turned into something fantastic and remarkable. Hat tip to the creator. (Image Source: Brian Dettmer)
mound 2 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Tab. Brian Dettmer is not only good at sculpting one book, as this sculpture composed by several books will prove to you. (Image Source: Brian Dettmer)
tab 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
The Household Physicians. As the name of the book implies, all the colorful anatomy images came from the book itself ? the sculptor just removed certain parts of the book to reveal the gems inside. Genius. (Image Source: Brian Dettmer)
the household physicians 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Anthologia. Doubtless to say, Jacqueline Rush Lee?s book sculptures are one of the most unique in the industry, and a lot of hard work was put in to make them. For this one, it was hand-painted, sanded, inked, and completed with bookmarks and archival glue. (Image Source: Jacqueline Rush Lee)
anthologia 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Unfurled. Extremely eye-pleasing colors. The form is quite abstract, but you can feel like it?s a real creature that exists in our world! (Image Source: Jacqueline Rush Lee)
unfurled 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Flutter. Splendid colors, dynamic lines, great expression. Truly a genuine product of art. (Image Source: Jacqueline Rush Lee)
flutter 40+ Inspiring Book & paper  Sculptures
Lorem Ipsum II. What would you perceive this as? I never knew that the combination of books can form such a lively ?creature?! (Image Source: Jacqueline Rush Lee)
lorem ipsum ii 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Grand Larousse. Guy Laramee has his own passion on the art of book sculpting. His book sculptures consist mostly of landscapes, and this sculpture is just one of his greatest products of passion. (Image Source: Guy Laramee)
grand larousse 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Longmen. Form an epic geographical existence with just 9 Longmen books, seriously? And this sculptor has just done that. (Image Source: Guy Laramee)
longmen 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Book People. If you want to argue that life and spirit existed inside a book, this piece could be your most persuasive proof. (Image Source: Guy Laramee)
book people 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Petra. There?s a world for you to discover in every book. Literally. (Image Source: Guy Laramee)
petra  40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
What Have We Become? Vol. 1 Nicholas Galanin is good at turning a lifeless book into a face with rich emotions that are sometimes even more expressive than a human?s face. (Image Source:Nicholas Galanin)
what have we become vol 1 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Tlingit Vol.11. He?s silent, and he?s looking at you. For a second, you might believe that he?s alive.(Image Source: Nicholas Galanin)
tlingit vol 11  40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Garden of Forking Paths. Many might have done the paper sculptures with these kinds of shapes, but few are as precise as Nicholas Jones? book sculptures. (Image Source: Nicholas Jones)
garden of forking paths 40+ Inspiring Book &  paper Sculptures
Das Moderne Orchester. The right book and carefully crafted shapes, these are all you need to create an inspiring sculpture like the one showcased below. (Image Source: Nicholas Jones)
das moderne orchester 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Rose. Can you count how many of the books are linked to create this unique book sculpture? Besides, you can also view similar sculptures with fewer books; just click on the same imagehere.(Image Source: Robert The)
rose 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Scorpion. I love the tail, simply because it?s awesome. (Image Source: Robert The)
scorpion 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Gideons Biblegun. The word of God is the sword of the Spirit, but apparently, it?s good as a gun, too. (Image Source: Robert The)
gideons biblegun 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Le Deuxi?me Sexe. Georgia Russell?s works, which are mostly placed into a jar, are often associated with carefully crafted books and leaf-like papercuts. A genuine blend, for sure. (Image Source: Georgia Russell)
la deuxieme sexe 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Baudelaire. Watching this abstract and awe-inspiring sculpture, I just remembered that books were originally part of the nature. (Image Source: Georgia Russell)
baudelaire 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
The Baron in the Trees. This world built on a book seems more beautiful than the real world we live in. (Image Source: Su Blackwell)
the baron in the trees 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
The Orient Express. Every book has its own tale, and Su Blackwell is great at telling tales through this sculpture. (Image Source: Su Blackwell)
the orient express 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
The Old House. Simple and gorgeous, doesn?t it just light up your life? (Image Source: Su Blackwell)
the old house 40+ Inspiring  Book & paper Sculptures
Holiday Tree. A similar pattern with most works in the industry, but with added lights and a star to form a Christmas tree! Now that?s called a creative twist. (Image Source: Kimbrough Library)
holiday tree 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Folded Book. It challenged the usual sculpture patterns, and the outcome is strikingly cool. (Image Source: Kimbrough Library)
folded book 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Recycled Art. You can?t deny the fact that this piece is really inspiring. (Image Source: Kimbrough Library)
recycled art 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
The Ark. Book sculpture always look like it?s telling you a tale, so is this wonderful piece. (Image Source: n217cs)
the ark 40+ Inspiring Book &  paper Sculptures
Rocket Launcher. Smart use of paper to form a blasting wave below the rocket. Books can take you anywhere, if you embrace it. (Image Source: n217cs)
rocket launcher 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Typography. Typography is what makes a book appealing, and this well-executed sculpture reminds me of the fact. (Image Source: n217cs)
typography 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
A Book Sculpture. A sculpture with comfortable shapes and modern colors applied. Nice try!(Image Source: Cara Smith)
a book sculpture 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Book of Shadows III. Seriously epic, and terrifying as well! Despite the details, I think I have any guts to put it in my room for a while, but it makes for a successful Halloween decoration, as intended by the creator. (Image Source: Nachthauch)
book of shadows iii 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Book With Wings. There?s hardly a book sculpture that will influence the environment around it, but this is the exception. It looks holy and angelic ? you go silent from looking at it. (Image Source:Unfocused Mike)
book with wings 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Train. Well executed ? the sculpture, angle and lighting. This imaginative creation actually makes me feel like it?s really come out from the book! (Image Source: Becky Delaware)
train 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Butterfly 2. Inspiring combination of books to form a unique sculpture, nice colors as well! (Image Source: Cara Barer)
butterfly 2 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Chapter 21. Flower blossoming from the book, what could be fresher than this! (Image Source:carrotskanfli)
chapter 21 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
The Words Fly Off the Pages. So much fiery love to this sculpture! The feathers are probably the critical factor that made this sculpture so beautiful and expressive. (Image Source: sneekyfox)
the words fly off the pages 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Live Garden Journal. This piece has the potential to become a very different sculpture form! It will be good to see more similar sculptures like this! (Image Source: cloutierj)
live garden journal 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Pride and Prejudice. This sculpture resulted from an assignment, but it looks quite professional, if you ask me! Well done, Shamus. (Image Source: shamus)
pride  and prejudice 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures
Big Fish CU. What made this sculpture a jewel is the ripple effect behind the fish! An awesome idea that makes the entire sculpture come to life. (Image Source: striker313)
big fish cu 40+ Inspiring Book & paper Sculptures


By no way are these sculptures easily built, as making something creative from a something so plain is insanely hard. The sculptor had to painstakingly add the details into every possible part of the sculpture. And yet, here we are looking at several inspiring and meticulously made sculptures.

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