Swedish Artist Transforms Old Books Into Beautiful Works of Paper Art
Swedish artist Cecilia Levy creates teacups, plates, bowls and other forms using paper from comic books and vintage volumes. She leaves the original stains and discolouration of the paper on her works as a testament to the passage of time. Created using papier mâché techniques, her works are more for display than actual use, but for Cecilia, it's a way of giving a second life to an old book.
Previously a bookbinder, Levy now takes the opposite approach to literature by tearing it up and pasting the pieces back together again. It may sound sacreligious to book-lovers, but when you take a look at the pictures below I’m sure you’ll agree that her work is in fact a loving testament to literature.
She first began experimenting with 3D paper objects in 2009. Since then she’s created a variety of different objects including cups, saucers, plates and bowls, and she’s always on the lookout for old books to transform so that their stories may continue in a new and unique form.
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