Are your bookshelves groaning? How about this for an idea...
Using only a simple craft knife, profound precision, and some very clever editing, artist and scientist Julia Feld whittles old books into beautiful new works of art. Unsurprisingly her miniature 'cabinets of curiosities' sell out quickly over on Etsy, but thanks to her blog, Hokey Stokes, we can each appreciate her work.
Julia is not alone in using books as materials in her work. Here are some other amazing book art examples we found...
Doug Beube (One for the Zippers Clinic?)
Another book craft that might be worth revisiting now that we're in the age of the Kindle and the iPad is book hollowing. If you are lucky enough to own a digital book reader, think how poignant it would be to use a physical book to conceal it! (That is, before the wooden bookshelf itself becomes a thing of the past...)
