This one goes out to all of you bibliophiles out there. Everyone can make a journal, but their book journals were by far the coolest I have seen.Each journal is a one-of-a-kind creation made from an old vintage discarded book. It is gutted out and transformed into a unique journal which contains the essence of the old book by incorporating art, pictures, library cards, etc. into its pages. Some even had inscriptions from the past owners.This just might be the perfect  gift of the season.

Via: bookjournals

If Scottish artist Georgia Russell needed another career she could choose to be a surgeon, for her work shows her great skill with sharp scalpels turning books, pictures, music sheets, maps and even currency into elaborate sculptures.Her shredded art is typically placed in acrylic cases, but the most spectacular “specimens” are in bell jars. A couple of her designs look like lung specimens in a way.The fine strips she cuts out of the books and other paper objects are all artfully arranged and sometimes it is not obvious they were once books.Source: englandgallery   Via: weburbanist

Christopher Griffith’s third book, “Blown,” spins roadside rubber into art. After six years of hunting down and photographing shredded tires left as rubbish on the highways of the United States, the graphic volume has been released. The images show the violent destructiveness that results when a tire explodes slicing and tearing it to bits, yet the photos look oddly fern-like to me. “Blown” was launched November 21, 2008 and is available from Auditorium Editions as a hardcover linen edition.

Visit his website:  "BLOWN"