Personalized Book Sculptures
Hey, that's not how I expected to see my name in the pages of a book. How'd they do that? Book Art 88 creates personalized book sculptures - and redefines the practice of carving initials into a tree - by whittling out chunks from the vertical ends of book leaves in the shapes of names, initials, important dates, and everyone's favorite C + T-style inscriptions.
As we move into the time of year that you'll need a gift for Dad, gifts for grads, wedding gifts, and maybe the odd milestone birthday gift or two, I think handing over the fore edge (yes, that's the official term for the word nerds out there) of a book carved with love just for the one you do is a pretty thoughtful move. Even if all your recipient does is sit it down and let it collect dust on a shelf.
And if you have a few thousand more dollars, you can wrap up an even more elaborate piece of literary art with these book sculptures.
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Iron Mando Porcelain Helmet
The Iron Mando Porcelain Helmet is what happens when creative visionaries and skilled artists don't want to get sued by Disney or Marvel. Discommon, the design firm behind the Iron Mando, calls their full-size porcelain...
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Steampunk Optimus Prime
My theory is that this might actually be Optimus Prime and this guy has captured him, found some way of disarming him, and is now trying to sell him. I don't know if I'd be comfortable sleeping with this guy roaming around...
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The Seahorse Lounger
Don't get me wrong, The Seahorse Lounger is certainly a design worthy of attention, and possibly placement in your living room. It thrives in both its standout appearance, and creator Andrew Roberts' sustainable approach...
Slow Dance - A Frame that Slows Down Time
Imagine a club in Vegas. A go-go dancer. Strobe lights. It's a spectacle of stop motion animation, the fluidity of movement altered by the way the flashes of light play with your eyes. Now scale that scene way down and...
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OLOID Mathematically Perfect Desk Sculpture
Paul Schatz discovered the oloid in 1929. Yes, discovered. It's not just some rando geometric shape or ergonomically designed fidget toy. The oloid is a real piece of the mathematics puzzle, and Patrick Schneider's OLOID...
Internal Fire Glass Vortex Spheres
Loooook into my orb. No really, check out a GIF of one of these Internal Fire Glass vortex spheres. The optical illusion is super trippy. And super... supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Glass artist Scott Pernicka handcrafts...
Colibri Mechanized Kinetic Hummingbird Sculpture
Colibri the wooden hummingbird is a stunning addition to the world of kinetic sculptures. And DIY. And CNC machining. And gears. I don't really have anything more clever or insightful to say about it, because watching...
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The World's Longest Tunnel Slide
Virtual reality may be a rising star, but the ArcelorMittal Orbit is going all-out, balls-to-the-wall IRL this summer with its curving, spiraling, plummeting tunnel slide. Dubbed simply "The Slide," this 584-foot-long...
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Klein Bottle
The Klein Bottle claims to be "the closest you'll get to a 4D object in our universe," and while I don't really understand what that means, I'll make a note to ask the Bing AI Chatbot about it later. What interests me...
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Tempest Craft Blades & Sculptures
Need a sick rippled machete that embodies the Aztec goddess of obsidian and Lord of the Night? An Indo-Persian war axe? How about just a good ol' pair of ceremonial scissors? Bladesmith Tom Ward forges some of the most...
Book Sculptures
Guy Laramee redefines the term "bookworm" with his extraordinary sculptural landscapes carved from encyclopedias and other volumes of formidable stature and heft. Mountains, canyons, meadows, Jordanian rock temples, all...
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Mechanical Metal Jellyfish Kinetic Sculpture
You can trust me when I say this Mechanical Metal Jellyfish Kinetic Sculpture from MCA Studio is the coolest thing you'll see all week - all month if you're really into kinetic sculptures or jellyfish, all year if you're...