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]]>Laramée uses various carving methods, including high-pressure water, to alter old encyclopedias and dictionaries. He then paints them to resemble rocky formations seen in nature.
From afar, these pieces look like mountain landscapes, similar to ones found in Pico da Caledônia national park, which the artist sees through the windows of his studio. But when looked closer, the remains of covers, pages, bindings, and titles are still clearly visible.
“Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. They erode a bit more and they become hills,“ Laramée explains in his artist statement. “Then they flatten and become fields where apparently nothing is happening. Piles of obsolete encyclopedias return to that which does not need to say anything, that which simply IS. Fogs and clouds erase everything we know, everything we think we are.”
Laramée displayed his intriguing book transformations in numerous exhibitions around the world, including his native Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He also frequently shares his newest pieces on social media. Check out more of them below.
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]]>The post Stephanie Hockersmith’s Pies are a Love Letter to Her Favorite Books appeared first on Wallpaper Data.
]]>Making pies was one of Hockersmith’s favorite pastimes long before her creations went viral on Instagram. She’s been making them for over a decade, and going gluten-free inspired her to dig deeper and start experimenting with her go-to pie crust recipe.
She eventually started sharing her creations on Instagram, and something extraordinary happened when she came up with the idea to mix her passion for baking and reading into one.
“It became this huge passion for me that I never saw coming… There’s certain books that the covers just speaks to me and I think ‘I’ve gotta make this into a pie. Sometimes I make them into a pie before I even read them, but most of the time I’m trying to feature books that I’ve loved or am excited about,” she told Good Morning America.
Hockersmith’s page is now a safe haven for all the book lovers out there looking for their next read. In addition to celebrating timeless classics we all know and love, she enjoys using her platform to introduce us to new books worth reading – mostly in the form of delicious pies.
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]]>The post Artist Transforms Discarded Books into Mountain-Like Sculptures appeared first on Wallpaper Data.
]]>Laramée uses various carving methods, including high-pressure water, to alter old encyclopedias and dictionaries. He then paints them to resemble rocky formations seen in nature.
From afar, these pieces look like mountain landscapes, similar to ones found in Pico da Caledônia national park, which the artist sees through the windows of his studio. But when looked closer, the remains of covers, pages, bindings, and titles are still clearly visible.
“Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. They erode a bit more and they become hills,“ Laramée explains in his artist statement. “Then they flatten and become fields where apparently nothing is happening. Piles of obsolete encyclopedias return to that which does not need to say anything, that which simply IS. Fogs and clouds erase everything we know, everything we think we are.”
Laramée displayed his intriguing book transformations in numerous exhibitions around the world, including his native Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He also frequently shares his newest pieces on social media. Check out more of them below.
The post Artist Transforms Discarded Books into Mountain-Like Sculptures appeared first on Wallpaper Data.
]]>The post Stephanie Hockersmith’s Pies are a Love Letter to Her Favorite Books appeared first on Wallpaper Data.
]]>Making pies was one of Hockersmith’s favorite pastimes long before her creations went viral on Instagram. She’s been making them for over a decade, and going gluten-free inspired her to dig deeper and start experimenting with her go-to pie crust recipe.
She eventually started sharing her creations on Instagram, and something extraordinary happened when she came up with the idea to mix her passion for baking and reading into one.
“It became this huge passion for me that I never saw coming… There’s certain books that the covers just speaks to me and I think ‘I’ve gotta make this into a pie. Sometimes I make them into a pie before I even read them, but most of the time I’m trying to feature books that I’ve loved or am excited about,” she told Good Morning America.
Hockersmith’s page is now a safe haven for all the book lovers out there looking for their next read. In addition to celebrating timeless classics we all know and love, she enjoys using her platform to introduce us to new books worth reading – mostly in the form of delicious pies.
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