His name is Brian Dettmer, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and he makes magnificent art out of old books. (Actually, I'd describe his work "inside" old books.) I contacted Mr. Dettmer last night via e-mail, requesting permission to share some of his beautiful creations on my blog. He replied and graciously agreed, as long as I credit it properly.
Get ready for some jaw-dropping moments!
(The above three photos were borrowed, with permission, from Brian Dettmer's web site.)
Toward the beginning of his interview, Brian stated that he understands some book lovers will only see mutilated books, but he only uses vintage non-fiction: old medical books, old encyclopedias, old history books. Books that would otherwise be headed to trash dumps.
Click on Brian's link to learn more about him and see many more of these fabulous works of art. You can also see the entire interview on CBS News.
Thank you again, Brian, for allowing me to showcase a minuscule amount of your heart-filled work.
And, Hello & Welcome to Anita, Sophie Li, M, and Mdkline, my newest followers! I hope you'll stop by often and always enjoy what you read and see! Thank you!
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -- Thomas Merton
Very interesting stuff, Becky. Looks like hard work too.
ReplyDeleteAlso like your own new artwork on the blog page!
We have some talented people here in good old GA.
ReplyDeleteOh so cool, love these books :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the awesomeness!
Wow! Those are incredible! Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDelete~Melissa
Amazing. I will have to check out his website. Thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely unique work!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing, and certainly unique. I have never seen anything like that before. Thank you for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteWow! now that is amazing for sure!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Wish I could read the lines he's left uncut!
ReplyDeleteWow. I'd heard of altered books where crafters essentially turn books into scrapbooks, but this is on a completely different level. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteHi Becky,
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! What works of art. Nice job of writing to him personally and asking permission too.
Have a great day, fellow Maueve Binchy reader!
Hugs,
Kathy M.
Becky, thanks for the comments on my egg coddler post. A coddled egg is really just a poached egg, but I don't like a slightly cooked egg so I cook mine longer making the yolk harder.
ReplyDeleteYou butter or Pam the coddler, break in an egg, salt, add bacon bits if you like and put the lid on. Then lower it into boiling water and cook for 5 mintues or more...mine is always more! Use a wooden spoon handle to put in the silver ring on top of the coddler to lift out of the water. Then take of lid and eat from the coddler if desired. You aren't the only one who asked, so maybe one of these days I will take pictures of cooking with coddlers for the blog!