Artist Breathes New Life into Old Books by Turning Them into Stacked Sculptures

Mike Stilkey’s collection of book art has been growing for years and it’s pretty impressive by now. The artist uses discarded books to create incredible sculptures, giving those books a new life and a very creative one.

His artwork comes in different sizes and shapes, but it’s simply mesmerizing every time. The same subject is employed in all of his work: “a melancholic and at times a whimsical cast of characters inhabiting ambiguous spaces and narratives of fantasy and fairy tales.”

“I reuse books that have been discarded or that are going to be destroyed,” Stilkey explains. “There are several local libraries that I work with who donate large numbers of books to me, as they know I will give them a second life in my artwork.”

See his work below.

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How To Use Your Healing Power

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In the studio, 2018

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