book art Archives — Colossal

a cylindrical, sculptural form made of folded paper that has been bound along the edges with colorful yarn in the tradition of bookbinding

Heritage Bookbinding Elements Transform into Contemporary Sculptures by Adelene Koh

July 31, 2026

an open porcelain book that appears weathered with an illustrated figure on the left and text on the right

Xiaoze Xie Preserves a Growing Collection of Banned Books in Porcelain

March 30, 2026

A sculpture by Brian Dettmer made from a manipulated and reassambled hardcover book

Meticulously Sculpted Books by Brian Dettmer Explore the Inner Workings of Information

December 23, 2025

a collection of wooden and painted book sculptures by Conrad Bakker face out on a wall

Conrad Bakker Recreated All 1,100+ Books in Pioneering Land Artist Robert Smithson’s Personal Library

October 16, 2025

a vintage book page with an illustration of a human-headed duck floating on water, with three other birds flying in the background

In ‘The Junior Classic,’ Michael Ezzell Builds an Uncanny World from Vintage Books

May 27, 2025

a sculpture of a woman's head and shoulders, surrounded by book or manuscript pages

Paola Grizi Adds New Meaning to ‘Literary Figures’ in Emotive Bronze Sculptures

May 14, 2025

a sculpture made from a set of large books, covers removed to reveal the stitched binding, which has been water-blasted to soften and manipulate the pages into a form resembling a large mountain

Blasting Books with High-Pressure Water, Guy Laramée Scales Mountains of Knowledge

March 31, 2025

a small paper tunnel book depicting large mushrooms and a figure hiking through a landscape

Imaginative Scenes Vibrantly Expand in Shelley Aldrich’s Illustrated Tunnel Books

February 4, 2025

an altered hardcover book with its pages splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look. the spine of the book in the middle reads, "An African Survey."

Sliced Slivers Emanate from Barbara Wildenboer’s Altered Books

September 4, 2024

a rock including an embedded section of layered of aquamarine glass

Through Stone and Glass, Ramon Todo Embeds Layers of History, Time, and Place

June 9, 2024

In a dark, dusty room, hundreds of books and scrolls fill the shelves of an old library.

Wander into This Miraculous Miniature Library with Thousands of Books Made Entirely by Hand

March 1, 2024

A close up cutting a book's spine open

Explore the Intricacy and Elegance of Restoring Century-Old Books as Told by Sophia Bogle

January 20, 2024

Sonya Clark Uses Common Fibers to Weave Together Craft, Community, and Activism

November 13, 2023

Warped Sculptures Suspend Novels, Guidebooks, and Other Print Objects in Borax Crystals

September 18, 2023

Matt Stevens Digitally Conjures Acclaimed Movies Into Hyperrealistic Vintage Paperbacks

August 8, 2023

Three-Dimensional Narratives Spring from Antique Books in Emma Taylor’s Meticulous Paper Sculptures

May 2, 2023