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\"OpenTired of reading books? Tired of listening to books? Tired of talking about books? Here\u2019s another creative activity related to books: book sculptures.<\/p>\n

Full disclosure: we never get tired of anything related to books (including dusting bookshelves).<\/p>\n

Book sculptures or, in other words, literary sculptures, range from a simple (?) origami using pages of recycled books<\/a> to adding folded paper to the book itself in an artistically meaningful way, as shown in this article from the Guardian<\/a>. A special category is the full-scale sculpture inspired by a book or created from books, such as most of the artwork presented in this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Creativity goes a long way for book sculptures. Check out the best book sculptures from Bookriot<\/a> featuring a mini library, paper houses, mushrooms, a castle, and a book-art rainbow heart. Many of these can also be purchased (unless sold out) such as my favorite: the piano book.<\/p>\n

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A different list from Bored Panda collected and scored book sculptures with a much broader approach. They included works created from single or multiple books, as well as book installations<\/a> in an entire building. See for yourself if you agree with their scores. My favorite placed at only #14. The individual pieces can be part of an elaborate mystery, as presented on NPR’s Who left a tree then a coffin in the library?<\/a> It happened in the United Kingdom, and I am curious how an American library would have handled the puzzle.<\/div>\n
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A collection of inspirational words shaped from pages by female artist Luciana Frigerio<\/a> offers items for purchase and inspiration. She folds pages of recycled books to create a word or shape. Read how she switched from photography to book sculptures<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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All in all, book sculptures are cool and trendy. A new skill one may want to pick up, also taught at workshops<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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To our scholarly audiences, check out this video using a botany book to find out how to do it for yourself.<\/div>\n
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