Brian Dettmer's Mind Blowing Book Art

If you're not going to read them, turn them to sculpture.

ByNick Schonberger

November 16, 2011

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Based in Atlanta, artist Brian Dettmer is a wizard with a scalpel. He turns old books into magnificent sculptures, employing his tools with surgical percision. Click the thumbs to check out some of Dettmer's studio and more of his amazing work. [Magic World Image]

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