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I Use Old Books To Create Art

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Flea markets are great for finding hidden treasures and when I got my hands on some old books, I just couldn't stop wondering if these gems might be useful for something different than just reading.

Having a thing for aged and vintage things I got out my fineliners and started doodling on the pages. Turns out I really enjoyed the way words and art merged together creating something new entirely.

So with my art, I would like to show the world what a great medium a book is. They are so much more than just words on pages. They are adventures and inspiration in a thousand different ways.

I mainly do black and white illustrations, sometimes with splashes of red and it takes up to 8 hours to create those pieces but I love every minute of it, so what do you think?

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Michelle DeWitt 7 years ago

I love this!

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Kirsten Lee 7 years ago

I wanna do this so badly

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Flinkie 7 years ago

Aww so cute!!!

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Flinkie 7 years ago

Ooooh it looks amazing!!! :0

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Flinkie 7 years ago

I really love this!!

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Wezbie 7 years ago

It reminds me of the music video for 'Bye Bye Macadam' :)

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scottishchieftan 7 years ago

As a Bibliophile, I find myself conflicted with this form of art, there is no doubt the art itself is stunning and quite extraordinary; but the act of defiling a piece of literature just give me cold chills up my spine. The artistic outcry is exemplary and simply intoxicating, this is a truly a wondrous art form leaving me conflicted and perplexed, between the battle of love to the point of near worship of books and true appreciation for a breathtaking artistic endeavor.

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scottishchieftan 7 years ago

As a Bibliophile, I find myself conflicted with this form of art, there is no doubt the art itself is stunning and quite extraordinary; but the act of defiling a piece of literature just give me cold chills up my spine. The artistic outcry is exemplary and simply intoxicating, this is a truly a wondrous art form leaving me conflicted and perplexed, between the battle of love to the point of near worship of books and true appreciation for a breathtaking artistic endeavor.

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scottishchieftan 7 years ago

As a Bibliophile, I find myself conflicted with this form of art, there is no doubt the art itself is stunning and quite extraordinary; but the act of defiling a piece of literature just give me cold chills up my spine. The artistic outcry is exemplary and simply intoxicating, this is a truly a wondrous art form leaving me conflicted and perplexed, between the battle of love to the point of near worship of books and true appreciation for a breathtaking artistic endeavor.

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scottishchieftan 7 years ago

As a Bibliophile, I find myself conflicted with this form of art, there is no doubt the art itself is stunning and quite extraordinary; but the act of defiling a piece of literature just give me cold chills up my spine. The artistic outcry is exemplary and simply intoxicating, this is a truly a wondrous art form leaving me conflicted and perplexed, between the battle of love to the point of near worship of books and true appreciation for a breathtaking artistic endeavor.

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Flinkie 7 years ago

I really love the flow of hair on this!! 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻

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Flinkie 7 years ago

This deserves more upvotes it's so cute!!

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7 years ago

The girl looks like she's from the crybaby music video...?

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Raven Skymaven 7 years ago

Melanie Martinez? :D

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Mirriam 7 years ago

Why did I think of Melanie Martinez when i saw this?

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LoneWolfie 7 years ago

I did too lol

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dayna valle 7 years ago

Wonderful :)

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7 years ago

IVE GOT A JAR OF SQUID, IVE GOT A JAR OF SQUID, IVE GOT A JAR OF SQUID, AND GUESS WHATS INSIDE IT!

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De'leeze(fka moon) 5 years ago

OMG

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LoneWolfie 7 years ago

Awwww, this is my favorite!

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LoneWolfie 7 years ago

Awwww

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LoneWolfie 7 years ago

Edgar Allen Poe?

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dayna valle 7 years ago

Little Red Riding Hood..

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Kerry Pye 7 years ago

pinky promise <3 it

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Kerry Pye 7 years ago

loooooove

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dayna valle 7 years ago

still sleepy? but got to wake up now :)

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Little letitia 7 years ago

😭💕

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dayna valle 7 years ago

yin yang is it?

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dayna valle 7 years ago

Frog princess .

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dayna valle 7 years ago

cool tatts!

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Nancy A Clark 7 years ago

They are all beautiful, I prefer the ones that have red in them. You are an extremely talented artist!

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10amcoffee

Drawing on books and loving it;

Drawing on books and loving it;

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Kirsten Preston 7 years ago

What a wonderful collection of work. I don't think the books are defaced or devalued, I'd rather see any book regaining new life, than getting flung into an incinerator going up,in smoke - well that's my humble opinion ;-)

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Claire 7 years ago

Beautiful drawings. Personally I'd have liked the drawings on a blank page in the front/ back of the book rather than over the print.

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Roshan Verghese 7 years ago

Beautiful creativity!

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Mirriam 7 years ago

As a bookworm that loves to draw I feel a slight pain because I would love to give these books a try to see if they' are good, but I also honestly love these drawing because there just so beautiful and creative.

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logical fallacy 7 years ago

The drawings are beautiful, but there's no reason to destroy perfectly good books to make them. Because they are words on paper, about adventures and emotions, about which we cannot read since they're under ink. It kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

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Josh Verille 7 years ago

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Linda Gulley 7 years ago

Stop destroying books. Use blank paper. You are a good artist. You don't need to destroy others' art for yours.

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John L 7 years ago

You are forgetting one important fact Linda. While you may wish her to use a different sheet of something else, please remember that this is her private property, and has the liberty to do with it as she wishes. Ordering her to do something for which you disapprove is not the best approach. Perhaps cordially asking her may work better.

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Caridina Japonica 7 years ago

What I see here is the collision of two different kinds of art. Your drawings are cute (not my style and content, but cute) and the idea of using a surface different from blank paper is nice. Though, if "anything but blank" was the reason, a printed page of lorem ipsum would not make people like me feel like someone destroyed a book by ignoring its original content. Random picture over random text. Worst case, a care bear along a page of 50 shades of grey... I'd surely appreciate a picture that is supported by the background text. Such as beach-themed painting on nautical charts, dragon pics on fantasy stories. Pictures that respect and support the book.

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Aleksandra Dąbrowska 7 years ago

I agree! Now you can't read the book although the drawing is nice! This is just an attempt to make good drawings great by using a different surface. Form over function

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June Pixeld 7 years ago

It is a copy of a book not like destroyng the original. Plus, many books sit in a shelf for years i am sure this way someone will open them more often

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Irene McIver 7 years ago

John L is right, of course: the addition of the word "Please" to the start of Linda's comment would make it perfect.

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Leni 7 years ago

As a writer it wouldn't bother me if people used the printed books to make som new. It's just a print, a copy. It doesn't change the actual art - the writing. It'd be different if it were the last copy in existence but that's obv bull so....

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Josh Verille 7 years ago

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Aessidhe Eclipse 7 years ago

I'm highly conflicted, just as I am when libraries destroy old magazines noone ever borrows to read and they don't have a space to keep them but also noone checks if there is sth of value inside before destruction :(

4points

Irene McIver 7 years ago

What the hell kind of library does that?! :-0 If they don't have physical space to store them they could ask volunteers to scan them, the libraries could retain digital copies and they could offer the originals to the volunteers (and if they don't want them, to anyone who does). The main library in my town (in Scotland) has a basement where items which aren't usually borrowed (such as old newspapers which have been copied to microfiche for viewing) are kept. I love old magazines, and sometimes the most interesting parts are the ads which people might not think to save when they're modern but when they're a few decades old they often provide more insight into olden times than the articles.

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Potato Vending Machine 7 years ago

I am legit stunned at all the pearl-clutching over this artist using pages of books as her medium. What is WRONG with you people, honestly? Bunch of nasty old scolds. She can use whatevertheuck she wants to use...ugh I bet you are the same people who see no value in graffiti. Do you have any idea how many books are thrown away - in the GARBAGE - every day in this world? She is creating something beautiful out of discarded paper with words on it; and I say this as someone who has read 3-5 books a week for decades on end. 10amCoffee, your work is beautiful; PLEASE do not listen to the philistines.

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LoneWolfie 7 years ago

You are an amazing artist. I would buy all of these. Well done.

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G. 7 years ago

The book!!! ):

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Melissa Apple 7 years ago

These are all beautiful

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Lira Mai 7 years ago

i like the style. very rich.

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Josh Verille 7 years ago

You bought these books. They're yours to do with them what you want to. Don't worry about these haters.

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Queen Unicorn 7 years ago

Are you German?

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Wilson Santiago 7 years ago

How original!

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Irene McIver 7 years ago

I honestly can't tell if this comment is intended ironically or not. The art style is very pretty but not outstandingly different to other illustrators, and the idea of drawing on pages of books is certainly not original, though most of us thankfully grew out of it :-)

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dayna valle 7 years ago

Great job :) I love your work, keep doing what you love, it's your happiness that's really matter, and it will just flow showing in your Art.

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Justine Weatherilt 7 years ago

beautiful work

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Cindy Feather 7 years ago

Very clever and talented! Love them all. I use book pages to make other things, and I occasionally doodle, paint or collage in books. However, they are just for fun. Yours is beautiful art! Thank you for sharing.

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Gabriel Toplicanec 7 years ago

Can I buy them somewhere?

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Kerry Pye 7 years ago

amazing work

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June Pixeld 7 years ago

They go so well with the book page , a story in a story.and the red and black contrast!

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Sheila Dèsirée 7 years ago

Why ruining books?

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Josh Verille 7 years ago

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Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago

Gorgeous ^ ^

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no shit Sherlock 7 years ago

I'd normally hate everyone who would mutiliate book in such way, but wow. The artist is so talented, it's perfect

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Irene McIver 7 years ago

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Beth Taccia 7 years ago

I agree. It is someone else's creative work being ruined. I see a lot of posts saying that they were already worthless, but if that were true one wouldn't be able to find them for sale. We have to remain beholden to all forms of art, it is what will set us apart.

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Kirsten Preston 7 years ago

What a wonderful collection of work. I don't think the books are defaced or devalued, I'd rather see any book regaining new life, than getting flung into an incinerator going up,in smoke - well that's my humble opinion ;-)

14points

Claire 7 years ago

Beautiful drawings. Personally I'd have liked the drawings on a blank page in the front/ back of the book rather than over the print.

13points

Roshan Verghese 7 years ago

Beautiful creativity!

13points

Mirriam 7 years ago

As a bookworm that loves to draw I feel a slight pain because I would love to give these books a try to see if they' are good, but I also honestly love these drawing because there just so beautiful and creative.

8points

logical fallacy 7 years ago

The drawings are beautiful, but there's no reason to destroy perfectly good books to make them. Because they are words on paper, about adventures and emotions, about which we cannot read since they're under ink. It kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

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Josh Verille 7 years ago

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Linda Gulley 7 years ago

Stop destroying books. Use blank paper. You are a good artist. You don't need to destroy others' art for yours.

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John L 7 years ago

You are forgetting one important fact Linda. While you may wish her to use a different sheet of something else, please remember that this is her private property, and has the liberty to do with it as she wishes. Ordering her to do something for which you disapprove is not the best approach. Perhaps cordially asking her may work better.

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Caridina Japonica 7 years ago

What I see here is the collision of two different kinds of art. Your drawings are cute (not my style and content, but cute) and the idea of using a surface different from blank paper is nice. Though, if "anything but blank" was the reason, a printed page of lorem ipsum would not make people like me feel like someone destroyed a book by ignoring its original content. Random picture over random text. Worst case, a care bear along a page of 50 shades of grey... I'd surely appreciate a picture that is supported by the background text. Such as beach-themed painting on nautical charts, dragon pics on fantasy stories. Pictures that respect and support the book.

5points

Aleksandra Dąbrowska 7 years ago

I agree! Now you can't read the book although the drawing is nice! This is just an attempt to make good drawings great by using a different surface. Form over function

4points

June Pixeld 7 years ago

It is a copy of a book not like destroyng the original. Plus, many books sit in a shelf for years i am sure this way someone will open them more often

1point

Irene McIver 7 years ago

John L is right, of course: the addition of the word "Please" to the start of Linda's comment would make it perfect.

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Leni 7 years ago

As a writer it wouldn't bother me if people used the printed books to make som new. It's just a print, a copy. It doesn't change the actual art - the writing. It'd be different if it were the last copy in existence but that's obv bull so....

-2points

Josh Verille 7 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Aessidhe Eclipse 7 years ago

I'm highly conflicted, just as I am when libraries destroy old magazines noone ever borrows to read and they don't have a space to keep them but also noone checks if there is sth of value inside before destruction :(

4points

Irene McIver 7 years ago

What the hell kind of library does that?! :-0 If they don't have physical space to store them they could ask volunteers to scan them, the libraries could retain digital copies and they could offer the originals to the volunteers (and if they don't want them, to anyone who does). The main library in my town (in Scotland) has a basement where items which aren't usually borrowed (such as old newspapers which have been copied to microfiche for viewing) are kept. I love old magazines, and sometimes the most interesting parts are the ads which people might not think to save when they're modern but when they're a few decades old they often provide more insight into olden times than the articles.

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Potato Vending Machine 7 years ago

I am legit stunned at all the pearl-clutching over this artist using pages of books as her medium. What is WRONG with you people, honestly? Bunch of nasty old scolds. She can use whatevertheuck she wants to use...ugh I bet you are the same people who see no value in graffiti. Do you have any idea how many books are thrown away - in the GARBAGE - every day in this world? She is creating something beautiful out of discarded paper with words on it; and I say this as someone who has read 3-5 books a week for decades on end. 10amCoffee, your work is beautiful; PLEASE do not listen to the philistines.

3points

LoneWolfie 7 years ago

You are an amazing artist. I would buy all of these. Well done.

2points

G. 7 years ago

The book!!! ):

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Melissa Apple 7 years ago

These are all beautiful

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Lira Mai 7 years ago

i like the style. very rich.

2points

Josh Verille 7 years ago

You bought these books. They're yours to do with them what you want to. Don't worry about these haters.

2points

Queen Unicorn 7 years ago

Are you German?

2points

Wilson Santiago 7 years ago

How original!

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Irene McIver 7 years ago

I honestly can't tell if this comment is intended ironically or not. The art style is very pretty but not outstandingly different to other illustrators, and the idea of drawing on pages of books is certainly not original, though most of us thankfully grew out of it :-)

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dayna valle 7 years ago

Great job :) I love your work, keep doing what you love, it's your happiness that's really matter, and it will just flow showing in your Art.

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Justine Weatherilt 7 years ago

beautiful work

1point

Cindy Feather 7 years ago

Very clever and talented! Love them all. I use book pages to make other things, and I occasionally doodle, paint or collage in books. However, they are just for fun. Yours is beautiful art! Thank you for sharing.

1point

Gabriel Toplicanec 7 years ago

Can I buy them somewhere?

1point

Kerry Pye 7 years ago

amazing work

1point

June Pixeld 7 years ago

They go so well with the book page , a story in a story.and the red and black contrast!

1point

Sheila Dèsirée 7 years ago

Why ruining books?

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Josh Verille 7 years ago

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Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago

Gorgeous ^ ^

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no shit Sherlock 7 years ago

I'd normally hate everyone who would mutiliate book in such way, but wow. The artist is so talented, it's perfect

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Irene McIver 7 years ago

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Beth Taccia 7 years ago

I agree. It is someone else's creative work being ruined. I see a lot of posts saying that they were already worthless, but if that were true one wouldn't be able to find them for sale. We have to remain beholden to all forms of art, it is what will set us apart.

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