‘Book Autopsies’ give life to old books
We came across this at excellent blog site Boing Boing…

These books are incredible. Artist Brian Dettmer meticulously splices and carves classic books into stunning 3-dimensional works of art - in self-styled Book Autopsies!
See more of Brian’s work in his Altered States series including ‘extractions’ of road and regional maps, encyclopaedias and even cassette tapes!