Dept. of Pictures-Worth-a-Thousand Words

This 34-foot-high pile o’ books (actually, book replicas) is devoted to a single subject.

That subject? Books by and about Abraham Lincoln.

The scultpture is in the lobby of a Washington, DC museum devoted to Lincoln.

Found at BoingBoing via The New Yorker’s Book Bench

Guy Laramee’s Carved Book Landscapes

See more of this artist’s amazing work at Colossal Art & Design and/or The Huffington Post.

Found at Raven-ous

Numerous Mysterious, Gorgeous Book Sculptures Continue to Show Up in Scottish Libraries

Some artist has been anonymously planting in various libraries throughout Scotland art pieces made from old books.

The first sculpture was discovered by staff at Edinburgh’s Scottish Poetry Library last March. They’ve appeared in other libraries since then.

Attached to each sculpture is a note, and some of them claim the work has been made as a tribute to libraries.

Surely the identity of the artist will eventually surface as word continues to spread about how intriguing his/her work is. Meanwhile, treat yourself to these photos, courtesy Central Stn.

Found via GalleyCat (via BoingBoing)

Edible Books!

Well, don’t these look yummy?

The recipe is posted at Hungry Happenings.

Found via Entomology of a Bookworm

Books into Art Objects

Atlanta-based artist Brian Dettmer uses exacto-knives, tweezers, and surgical instruments to transform discarded books into amazing art.

The results are startlingly different every time. The photo above was featured this morning at The New Yorker’s blog, the Book Bench. For more images of his work over the past few years, click on Dettmer’s website.

For the transcript of a brief interview with Dettmer (and for more images), click here.

An exhibit of the artist’s most recent work is on view until March 19th at Atlanta’s Museum of Contemporary Art.

Found via My Modern Met via Atlanta artist Jeffrey Adler

Books into Art

New Mexico artist Isaac Salazar takes books that would otherwise end up in a landfill and makes them into art objects. He’s pasted a gallery of his work here.

Found at the New Yorker’s Book Bench