Carved phone book art

Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The art of book sculpture surgical typography, a beautiful ghost, and why the reading of art is the new art of reading. Thompson carved from a phone book, david bowie made. Aug 26, 2011 she relaxes by carving books into intricate pieces of art in her spare time, and her art has been featured widely on the internet.

Incredible phone book carvings of celebrity faces recyclenation. Sensual, rugged, breathtakingly intricate, ranging from literary jewelry to paperback chess sets to giant area rugs woven of discarded book spines, these cut and carved tomes remind us that art is not a thing but a way of being in the world that transmutes its dead cells into living materials, its cultural legacy into everevolving art forms. His remarkable book sculptures are meticulously carved into vintage volumes using a variety of tools xacto knives, surgical clamps, pliers, tweezers and are painstakingly cut away one page at a time. Feb, 2015 to create new art, brian dettmer trashes old books.

Beautiful landscapes with mountains, caves, and structures are carved into recycled old books. Old books reborn as art takes outdated reference materials such as textbooks and encyclopedias, seals them with varnish, then carves away at their pages with an xacto knife. This phone book art by alex queral is a great way to utilize those phone books no one uses anymore. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Taiwanese artist started transforming telephone books into art in 1990s, when computers became popular and more affordable. Alex queral is a philadelphiabased artist who has found an incredible way to use. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Wherever i turned there seemed to be someone trying to force upon me their interpretation of artworks and what the artist was attempting to convey. Alex queral does these wonderful heads, carved out of phone books then painted with acrylics. Post the most beautiful examples of book sculptures. Rather than just leaving phone books to rot in the gutter alex queral.

Our hardwoodbound lake map photo book or lake map journal. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. This is the 1st in the body farm mystery series and my 7th since i didnt start at the beginning. We wake up every morning excited to create and explore the possibilities of wood and other natural materials. Book carving is an artform of mine which came about as a means to rebel against the constant need for people to offer reasons for artists works. Some are carved, this is a gorgeous book to explore. I just absolutely love creating my own folded book art. Alex queral is a philadelphian sculptor best known for using old phone books to carve their pages into celebrities faces. Alex queral is a cubanamerican artist who has carved himself out a. Antique white carved botanical scrollwork framed wooden wall art. Dettmer knifes through books swiftly from cover to cover to reveal images that explore our relationship to information. Alex queral takes your old phonebooks and makes art. Chen longbin decided to give books a new life in the form of amazing sculptures.

Shop handcarved bookcases and other handcarved case pieces and storage cabinets from the worlds best dealers at 1stdibs. Book sculpture 2020 sculpture paper anniversary class of 2020 carved book pages gift for book lover paper craft best selling item artfolds. At artcarved, we pride ourselves on our 150year legacy of quality, craftsmanship, style and customer service. Carving up to two phonebooks per month, alex first decides who the. May 09, 2014 for raoul duke fans, the highlight of select fair, which opens on west 18th street today at noon, has to be this hunter s. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Apr 09, 2010 for the ultimate metaconceptual book art, look no further royal college of art graduates hanna nilsson, sofia osterhus and markus bergstrom, a. This is just about the only good use of a phone book i can think of. He touches up the busts with a bit of acrylic paint and in the case of hst rolls up some pages to make a dunhill cigarette. Our online chainsaw art gift shop provides you the opportunity to order our folk art style wooden carvings conveniently online, 247, using our shopping cart. For me, the human head was a natural choice of subject matter because of its inherent expressiveness. From mexican folk art to sergio leone to radiohead, the director jorge r. Utilizing various recycled phone books, newspapers, books, and magazines as his medium, new yorkbased artist longbin chen is able to transform them into remarkable sculptures.

Portraits carved from phone books by artist alex queral. Others, like longbin chen, maskull lasserre, and thomas wightman, utilize entire books to create intricately carved sculptures. Some artists, such as claire brewster and loui jover, cleverly transform individual pages into intricate cutouts or creative canvases. The definitive guide to the emerging art form, art made from books showcases groundbreaking work by todays best practitioners, from su blackwells whimsical popup landscapes to the stackedbook sculptures of jonathan callan. Alex queral carves and paints these fantastic portraits from a phone directory. So, maybe we should all send our phone books to alex queral, an artist who creates faces from carved phone book pages. Nov 23, 2010 portraits carved from phone books by artist alex queral. Book sculpture 2020 sculpture paper anniversary class of 2020 carved book pages gift for book lover paper craft best selling item. He starts carving into the phonebook when theyre soft and as he carves in, he glues the pages together as hes going back. They are heavy, take up a lot of space, and you get a new one every year, even though you can meanwhile find almost all the information in there online anyway.

The companys filing status is listed as dead and its file number is 662986. With the book, a very sharp xacto knife, a little pot of acrylic medium to set detail areas and a great deal of talent, queral literally peels away the pages like the skin of an onion to reveal the portrait within. Aug 09, 2009 alex queral does these wonderful heads, carved out of phone books then painted with acrylics. However, book is so much more than pages full of words. Recycled carved book sculptures by longbin chen strictlypaper. And then there is the highly individualized stone art carved by the east coasts ancient americans. Taking an ordinary phone book, alex queral carves a face into this object of so many faceless names. Theyve also developed a special beginner friendly starter. Capture your beautiful summer memories with a hardwoodbound photo album laser engraved with your waterways name and map.

Stand for a quran manuscript rahla a masterpiece of design, this carved book stand, or rahla, is made from a single slab of teak and is framed by inlays composed of various woods in shades of brown and black. Art carved jewelers present complete range of designer wedding bands in a variety of precious metal. In this day and age, this is probably the only thing phone books are good for. Hand carved cross wood phone case for iphone 5 athena. Carved galaxy s10 plus luxury protective traveler case unique real wooden phone cover rubber bumper mount bierstadt 4. We also welcome phone orders or mail orders using our printerfriendly order form. Recycling phone books to make stunning sculptures is the way in which environmentally friendly artist alex queral likes to make his contribution to green art. Gareth branwyn is a freelance writer and the former editorial director of maker media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, diy, and geek culture.

Frank hyder of miamiphillybased projects gallery, which reps queral, explained the artists process. If you were to take a step back, upon first glance you would think these sculptures to be made of stone, but upon closer inspection the vary detailing, sometime a series of books with different colors, add the. These amazingly detailed celebrity faces may look like sketches but they are in fact carved out of unwanted phone books. She relaxes by carving books into intricate pieces of art in her spare time, and her art has been featured widely on the internet. Art made out of books puts new spin on concept of book art. Weve found the perfect way to store your lake house memories, from your first swim that first summer at the lake to watching last seasons final sunset cascade off the water. Its several inscriptions signal its sacred function and provide information about its origin. Mariana white and gold glass shadow box wooden decor peacock feather wall art by zentique abstract wavy paper framed wall art by zentique. Alex queral creates intricate photos from carved pages. I too have found many wonderful pieces of carved stone art in south florida. Designer art carved wedding bands for men and women in. I carve the faces out of phone books because i like the threedimensional quality that results and because of the unexpected results that occur working in this medium. Mar 03, 20 amazing book sculptures created by talented canadian artist guy laramee.

Shop hand carved bookcases and other hand carved case pieces and storage cabinets from the worlds best dealers at 1stdibs. The coolest collection of personalized wooden gifts engraved for you. Old books dissected to create intricate 3d carvings. Old and heavy books always seem like a mysterious and infinite well of wisdom and imagination for me. Some truly interesting facial artwork created by carving pages out of a phone book. Thompson bust, carved by alex queral from three gluedtogether phonebooks. Oct 19, 2014 from mexican folk art to sergio leone to radiohead, the director jorge r. Some of the celebrities hes made sculptures of include barack obama, jack nicholson, frida kahlo and john goodman. This volume collects a jawdropping assortment of art made from books. The spirit of magical realism is alive as characters are literally lifted out of books through delicate carving. With the book, a very sharp xacto knife, a little pot of acrylic mediu. Art made from books brims with charming, pure art, created by hands and tools.

Cool phone dress made from recycled phone books and a great imagination. If youre looking for a free pattern, you can get one here. Alex says, my fascination with heads began as an art student. Jan 29, 2014 recycled carved book sculptures by longbin chen posted on january 29, 2014 by jasmine utilizing various recycled phone books, newspapers, books, and magazines as his medium, new york based artist longbin chen is able to transform them into remarkable sculptures. I carve the faces out of phone books because i like the threedimensional. Jun 23, 2010 awesome carved phone book art some truly interesting facial artwork created by carving pages out of a phone book. As luck would have it, one day, he found a big block of styrofoam from which he carved out a face for the first time. Start growning those organic plants in state of art plastic greenhouses. Some of the best examples of folksy and amusing decoys for decoration, carved by randy tate, can be found at the big country folk art festival, from. Amazing book sculptures created by talented canadian artist guy laramee. Gutierrez reached far and wide for inspiration in making the book of. As bonified typography geeks, wed love to see the series turned into an actual, usable font. Carved from phone books,,,it is great to be alive and see how creative people are. Alex queral took discarded phone books and carved out 3d heads of famous people through thousands of pages with razor blades or an artists scalpel.

May 18, 2018 recycling phone books to make stunning sculptures is the way in which environmentally friendly artist alex queral likes to make his contribution to green art. That moment, when you pick up an old book from a shelf and wipe away thick layer of dust from its cover, is full of magic. Book sculpture, book art, altered book, paper art, miniature, dress, book page art, paper dolls, dress form, recycled books. Mar 26, 2016 with truecaller becoming the worlds leading place to search for numbers, paper phone books are not much use anymore. These sculptures are made from old encyclopedias, a medium nearing extinction, with their pages of data carved into intricate.

Interesting ideas on how to recycle phone books, be inspired to create and make cool functional object for the home, office or school with recycling phone books. Carved wood book holder vintage home decor portland. Apr 06, 2017 some artists, such as claire brewster and loui jover, cleverly transform individual pages into intricate cutouts or creative canvases. Originally from chicago and now living and working in atlanta, brian dettmer, aka the book surgeon, is known for his detailed and innovative sculptures with books and other forms of antiquated media and this wonderful series is his latest in dadainspired carved works. Mar 27, 2011 longbin chen makes unique threedimensional sculptures out of recycled phone books, newspapers, and magazines. To create new art, brian dettmer trashes old books.

From our founding in 1850 to today, we want to provide our customers with the highest quality product and experience to the best of our ability. Gutierrez reached far and wide for inspiration in making the book of life, his first 3d animated feature. Some of them arent uploaded yet to the website you can ask us any time for items arent on website the rat man click for more details happy chinese new year. Amazing phone book carvings by alex queral bored panda. Artcarved engagement rings and wedding bands facebook. Artist creates famous faces from phone books telegraph. I carve the faces out of phone books because i like the threedimensional quality that results and because of the unexpected results that occur. Carved wood book holder perfect for your recipe book. This also makes a great hostess gift, a way to say thanks after a weekend at a friends lake house. A love that cherishes the individual you areand celebrates who you.