3d book art

"I have always loved art, and I have always loved to read," admits Pennsylvania-based artist Jodi Harvey-Brown, who decided to mix these two passions of hers in a magnificent new medium. The artist brings the stories that dwell in her favourite books to life by making astonishing book sculptures depicting scenes from the literary world.

Art Made Out of Books Puts New Spin on Concept of Book Art

Designer Maker Storyteller

I have always loved art, and I have always loved to read. Books pull you into a new world, while art lets you see it. It made sense to me that these two mediums should come together. The books...

Talk about making a book come to life.

I have an Ocean Racing & Offshore Yachts book that someone gave me and had an idea to recreate a similar book sculpture I created a few years ago. I hand colored that other book sculpture with watercolors and later wished I had let it remain the natural whites of the pages. I created this piece with sculptures cut and folded from the pages in this book. Wow! It really is fun when I get going and good use for old books and old plastic drinking straws so they don't end up in the ocean! I am…

I comb antique markets in search of beautiful, well loved vintage books. Because these book sculptures are viewed from every angle, I look for tomes with unique and colorful cover artwork and titles. The process of transforming this book involved trimming and painting the pages into a lovely butterfly in flight. The inside cover of the book is refinished with floral paper and antiqued to provide a stunning background to the artwork. Velvet ribbon, trim, and lace finish the center binding and…