3 DIMENSIONAL HANGING BOOK SCULPTURES
Please scroll through the slideshow below for all booksculptures.
Jenny uses the physical form of the book as inspiration. She invests new life into old books, bringing them back to life and transforming them into unique works of art.
Jenny quotes "Despite physically altering or seemingly defacing the book, I still respect the history of the book itself, as an important, revered and often prized object"
I appreciate and absorb the tactility of the book - its weight, texture and smell and leafing through the old pages can bring back memories through all the senses.
I try and read every book before I manipulate and invest new life into them. The experience of leafing through the pages creates ideas and inspiration for each individual book sculpture.
I source the books from second hand bookshops, opportunity shops and from personal donations and I prefer to use historical volumes.
I use a visually captivating paper folding technique for my book sculptures. The folding of the pages mimic a flower or a cog in a timepiece and each book radiates outward in waves of paper folded unto themselves."
The books are accompanied by Prosculpt clay figures and they sit atop their literary throne creating a vessel for emotion, message and imagination.
Please contact Jenny for more information and commissions.
PLEASE NOTE: Jenny does not ship any book sculptures through the mail due to the fragile nature of these artworks.
(All of these artworks are Copyright ©Jenny Laidlaw 2021)
Jenny uses the physical form of the book as inspiration. She invests new life into old books, bringing them back to life and transforming them into unique works of art.
Jenny quotes "Despite physically altering or seemingly defacing the book, I still respect the history of the book itself, as an important, revered and often prized object"
I appreciate and absorb the tactility of the book - its weight, texture and smell and leafing through the old pages can bring back memories through all the senses.
I try and read every book before I manipulate and invest new life into them. The experience of leafing through the pages creates ideas and inspiration for each individual book sculpture.
I source the books from second hand bookshops, opportunity shops and from personal donations and I prefer to use historical volumes.
I use a visually captivating paper folding technique for my book sculptures. The folding of the pages mimic a flower or a cog in a timepiece and each book radiates outward in waves of paper folded unto themselves."
The books are accompanied by Prosculpt clay figures and they sit atop their literary throne creating a vessel for emotion, message and imagination.
Please contact Jenny for more information and commissions.
PLEASE NOTE: Jenny does not ship any book sculptures through the mail due to the fragile nature of these artworks.
(All of these artworks are Copyright ©Jenny Laidlaw 2021)