Carved Books

[maztec]

*drool* Not the first ones I have seen like this, but some of the best:
http://karanarora.posterous.com/insane- ... with-surgi

[ezamover]

Wow !
Truly ingenious.

You have to marvel at the shear ingenuity and artistic talent of people like that.

Sure beats the pile of bricks on the floor classified as art ...(IMHO).

Now .. have you got one of those flashy things the men in black have so I can forget I ever saw them.
My bank account is already forming a whirlpool and I don't want to end up needing the IMF to bail me out of my debt crisis !

[Paradox]

That is incredible!

Oh how I would love to see a time-lapse video of one of these being carved!

Can the pages still be (carefully) turned? Or are they glued once finished?

[Fabregas485]

By the looks of it, glued. I may be wrong though.

[maztec]

I think most of those are glued. However, a gallery in Seattle had some a few years ago and the pages were still turnable.

I think there is a video of another artist doing this floating around. I will ry to remember to check my queue for them.

[Manifestjp]

Good find Maz! He's definitely interesting.
Link To Video

[03SVTCobra]

Does he sell them?

[maztec]

Yes. $4,000 is the start price. I have seen a few for sale at $2,000. And they can quickly go $10,000+.

His site: http://briandettmer.com/

and a good talk by him : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jk9pHPPJbA