As Chiara mentioned in an earlier blog post, last week was Scottish Book Week, prompting us all to ponder on our favourite Scottish books and authors. Since then I’ve come across a Scottish literature celebration of a different kind. Scotland’s mystery book sculptor, who I somehow missed in the news when she first turned up last year, has struck again. No one knows anything about the enigmatic artist apart from the fact that she’s a female book-lover. And of course, the fact that she can create incredible little sculptures out of books, like this one:

They reminded me of a set of slightly less mysterious book sculptures I encountered at a Writers’ Centre Norwich Event, which are equally beautiful and kept me staring in wonder for a while, trying to figure out how long such precise work would take. Here’s one of my favourites (I think because it includes a giraffe):

Is there anyone else out there who’s made something ingenious from the pages of a book?

Sara Magness, Editorial Administrator