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Here’s a new way to admire great works of literature as beautiful, multi-dimensional layered sculptures carved out from the actual books. These spirited works are created by Tomoko Takeda, a Japanese artist-designer who takes her cutting tools to tomes and sculpts away at them to form objects of art that have been inspired by the very stories that they spring from.
“From among these masterpieces, the books are not for reading, but meant to be looked at and enjoyed“, the artist says on her Behance profile.
The books she chose to work with include the timeless tales of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, Natsume Sōseki’s I Am a Cat, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Daniel Keyes’ Flowers for Algernon.
More info: Behance (h/t: mymodernmet)
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JosvanHout 11 years ago
Tomoko Takeda, great craftmanship and patience! Real books inspire (try doing this to an e-book) ;-)
Xenophilderdragon 10 years ago
Oh my god its the diary of anne frank why would they do dis. AND WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THIS TO BOOKS
MundanoMax 10 years ago
The ship is pretty darn cool. Love the waves. But what surfer boy wouldn't?
JosvanHout 11 years ago
Tomoko Takeda, great craftmanship and patience! Real books inspire (try doing this to an e-book) ;-)
Xenophilderdragon 10 years ago
Oh my god its the diary of anne frank why would they do dis. AND WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THIS TO BOOKS
MundanoMax 10 years ago
The ship is pretty darn cool. Love the waves. But what surfer boy wouldn't?
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