BibliopoleCheck out these dolls by Russian artist Lada Repina. What amazing detail and she clearly exudes an appreciation of books.detail Bibliopole. More photos of this piece The CollectorInventor, 2012Many images of other cool dolls are at her website and here
Valentine’s Day is also International Book Giving Day
What a better way to spend Valentine's Day them to buy something bookish for a loved one and to give a book away to a child!International Book Giving Day encourages you to give, leave or a donate a book to a child.At Biblio, BiblioWorks is dedicated to doing just this on a daily basis - getting books in the hands of kids in communities in need. They believe that healthy communities require healthy minds. That's why they have been building libraries, supplying books and training librarians in the poorest communities of Bolivia since 2005.and if you are still looking for something...
Library in a Tin Can
The challenge: Do something cool with an Altoid Tin Can for the Wicked Vices Altered Tin Swap on craftster.org.And that is just what Tara Fields did by creating this mini-library!Enjoy!and as with any good bookcase one needs a place to keep the skulls :-)More photos at:Tiny Library Filled with Wee Books and a Deep, Dark, Secret. | craftser.org
DIY: The People’s E-Book
"What the photocopier was to zines, we hope The People’s E-book will be to digital books" The People's E-book is a free, beautifully-simple tool to assist in the creation of e-books.It is the brainchild of Greg Albers, the founder and publisher of Hol Art Books, who has partnered with The Present Group (Oakland, CA), an arts-based think tank and creative studio whose projects focus on leveraging new technologies in support of the arts and finding new ways to fund and distribute artists projects. A Kickstarter campaign is underway to fund the project.From the pitch:The People's E-book brings e-books into the rich...
Bukowski in a bottle
For his final project for a typography class Valentino Borghesi choose four books from the Bukowski canon and hand wrote the titles inside the shape of a different shaped bottle.The books:- Notes of a Dirty Old Man.- Tales of Ordinary Madness.- Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live With Beasts.- Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness.The bottles:-Whiskey-Rum-Wine -AbsintheMore of Borghesi's Charles Bukowski Book Series here