I have seen so much “book art” popping up on the craft blogs that I follow. Part of me is totally intrigued. I love books AND crafts, so it seems like I’d be all over this trend, but it kind of destroys me to have to destroy books! I even bought a few books to make book-purses out of and just couldn’t bring myself to take an exact-o knife to the pages.
That being said, I’ve started saving pictures of book art that I’m a little bit in love with. Allow me to share.
This is the same idea, only with Alice. Super cute.
I kind of have a thing for silhouettes and have several displayed around my house. I think that this is beautiful.
And how great would this look hanging by my shelves? (Although I’d use a burnt orange colored ribbon)
So… what do you think? Pretty art worth destroying books over or not? Is it repurposing at its finest or just plain old destructive?
I’m still deciding.
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I love Art, these are great. I would pay money for the 1st one and I can appreciate the others.
I don’t think it is destructful at all, think about books that just get thrown away, this is works of written art.
Go for it.
It’s a great use for books that would otherwise end up in the trash or recycle bin.
I think some books are okay to use for art.
Obviously, I’m not above destroying books for the sake of art. But I don’t know that I could bring myself to just attack any book. I choose books that are in bad condition already – covers are destroyed, binding is coming apart, etc. And I try to get them from the recycle bin at my local used book store. That means not only are they free, but they are on their way to destruction anyway. It also helps that I really like the look of aged pages in book art.