Canadian artist Guy Laramee transforms stacks of old books into beautiful three-dimensional landscapes.
Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. They erode a bit and become hills. Then they flatten and become fields.
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Jim
This is simply amazing, I can’t even begin to imagine how long it must’ve taken to do just one of these. I guess he can’t read them now huh?
Jan 2nd, 2012
Lilia Smiles
They look so real and I love the description in the beginning, especially the line “They erode a bit and become hills. Then they flatten and become fields.” This pairs perfectly with the 13th photo!
Jan 3rd, 2012
Mon Sun C
This is a really cool way to do book art.
Jan 3rd, 2012
Pearl Lamie
These are beautiful!
Jan 3rd, 2012
Aerwhyn
Mmmm…. Book codensation.
Jan 3rd, 2012
Samir
Can i say … wow !!
Jan 3rd, 2012
Vishy
w-o-w this is amazing!
Specialy the effects of the last one! =D
Jan 3rd, 2012
douglas
What? No Mount Rushmore – Dude!!
Jan 3rd, 2012
Bill
Beautiful. The texture of the edges of the paper makes a perfect stand-in for striations in rock and soil. I think the Buddha is my favorite, although the cave with the “skylight” is pretty cool too.
Jan 3rd, 2012
Angie
I loved the cave!!
Jan 3rd, 2012
Evan
Awe inspiring works of art … but I can’t help feeling melancholy over the loss of the vintage books.
Jan 3rd, 2012
I Like Traffic Lights
I agree with Bill; the skylight cave is my favorite.
Jan 3rd, 2012
Dominic
This is amazing
Jan 3rd, 2012
da
some of them look like kappadokia in turkye
Jan 3rd, 2012
Sun Kim
Gorgeous~~ :)
Jan 3rd, 2012
The Thinking Insomniac
WOW! How do people think of these things..? This is great!
Jan 4th, 2012
John
Looks pretty amazing… wonder how it was done, maybe CNC machine? Routing maybe?
Jan 4th, 2012
Mark
poor books
Jan 4th, 2012
Jason
Were they real books? You can’t see any remains of text in the sculptures..
Jan 5th, 2012
Girish jasoria
Beautiful book art
Jan 5th, 2012
Jay P
I think a Mount Rushmore one would be amazing
Jan 5th, 2012
Kaarina
Amazing artistry
Jan 5th, 2012
Saadieq
Fantastic! I love it!
Jan 6th, 2012
Waleed
And i hate when people says me “in what field u r wasting ur time? I never get what r u doing?” and love when see such awesome and artistic reply to them! Where they will definately appreciate the efforts and time’
Jan 6th, 2012
flatsolid
Great landscapes, with a touch of Asian miniature art ! I suppose that some kind of starch spraying was applied before the actual sculpting.
Jan 6th, 2012
spavaroti
amazing! but how much knowledge is lost…forever…
Jan 7th, 2012
tine
awesome! that was real art! I wonder how long did it take to make a single landscape though… and i feel sorry for the books.
Jan 20th, 2012
rj
simpLy amazing..:)
Jan 21st, 2012
budi hudiana
waw….amazing…… with old book…..
Feb 4th, 2012
Gene Z
Amazing! I’m going to try one
Feb 25th, 2014