Little book nooks
Beautifully crafted little rooms inside books, so wonderfully intricate and life like, have a look on Instagram @littlebooknooks. There is also an etsy shop but as soon as one is listed it gets snapped up. Made by Gabrielleef.
Penny Thomson works
Amazingly intricate life-like pieces of wind-up wonder. You can't really tell from still photos but these small works of art move to bring the scene to life. They are all handmade by Penny.
Shadow Sculptures Made From Rubbish
Tim Noble & Sue Webster are the people responsible for these amazing shadow works made using trash, junk and taxidermy. They also do light sculptures and metal works.
Patrick Cabral
Manila-based artist Patrick Cabral is creating incredibly elaborate paper cut artworks of animals that are currently endangered and has been donating 50% of proceeds from these works to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). He also does people, buildings and Darth Vader.
20 slices by Ben Denzer
Literally a book of cheese, a squat, square volume composed of 20 plastic-wrapped Kraft singles sandwiched between bright yellow covers. Conceived by artist and cover designer Ben Denzer whose other book include -
5 Ketchups, a set of ketchup packs bound in red cloth covered boards
30 Napkins, a set of cocktail napkins from the Plaza Hotel bound in light grey cloth
200 Fortunes, a set of fortune cookie fortune strips bound in blue cloth
20 Slices of Meat, a set of mortadella slices bound together in its own material, with its fat used for the inlaid lettering of its title.
God Of Bug Eater Flip Book
This wonderful "Para-Para" by Japanese artist Mou Hitotsu no Kenkyujo (Mohiken) brings a new dimension to the world of flip books. Lovingly created with small, concealed cut-outs which reveal three-dimensional objects as the pages are flipped, it takes you into a fantasy world ruled by a beetle-devouring earth god.
Published by Seigensha Art Publishing in 2013
Warning spoiler alert
Sylvie Facon
French designer Sylvie Facon is known for making the most exquisite fairytale dresses. Her attention to detail is breath taking as she turns a story into a dress. Her specialty practice involves embellishing delicate silk gowns with embroidery, beading, and even hand painting them. Some of the finished pieces required around 200 hours of meticulous work. She has used an actual violin on the dress below left and old book spines on the dress on the right.
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