The Book Surgeon

I freely and unashamedly admit that I hate being without internet access; when Comcast is having technical difficulties and my service is interrupted, I feel cut off from the world in a way that the idiot box in our living room cannot remedy. My wife has a Kindle, and I'm a huge fan of what the iPad can offer. That doesn't mean, however, that I've lost my much older love for physical books, especially large, older volumes with significant graphic or illustrational components. I can as easily lose time in a used bookshop as I can on the internet, and both experiences offer something similar: the ever-present possibility of discovering something truly unique and fascinating.

Thanks to the internet, I recently discovered the amazing creations of artist Brian Dettmer, using old books as his raw material. This is truly surgery of a most original kind. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-book-surgeon-15-pieces

Comments

[Gloria Paul]

This is amazing. It seems like more than 3D as he is truly looking INTO the books and extracting OUT. Makes my eyes hurt just to think about doing this. What a great find in the virtual bookstore!