Your Library Week book boner for the day comes from artist Jim Rosenau who makes things into other things.
He makes chairs, bookcases and tables from books as well — mixing covers and other materials in creative ways.
Click on any photo to read more about the books in each piece.
Go to Jim’s site to see more!
OMG I LOVE these!
WANT!!
That is some amazing talent and creativity. 🙂
OMG! I am so LOVING this! I have a HUGE box full of old books that I just can’t part with and NOW I KNOW what to do with them! YAY!
Thought I’d bring this to your attention, since we’re all so into books this week. I found this via Craftster.org a few years ago: http://www.vestaldesign.com/projects/bookbar/
Book Bar, the single most amazing thing I’ve seen since sitting here surfing the web all night. I wish I had not recycled all my old textbooks because I cannot think of a more fitting end for Statistical Analysis than to be supporting a pitcher of margharita’s until the end of time. Rock on!
here is a way to do it if you can’t bring yourself to damage the books
http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/home-improvement/create-book-shelves-00000000035586/index.html
hopping up and down with bookshelf needingness!