http://www.visualnews.com/2011/12/22/mountains-of-books-become-mountains/

12/24/2011 10:08:55 AM

Damn, that's awesome. No clue on how it's done.

12/24/2011 10:09:43 AM

I was expecting to see pics of dudes sucking their own dick. Disappoint

12/24/2011 10:10:00 AM

^^

12/24/2011 10:10:56 AM

Quote :

"I was expecting to see pics of dudes sucking their own dick. Disappoint"

"Suck for luck"

12/24/2011 10:11:36 AM

I imagine they glue all the pages together then start carving

12/24/2011 10:12:44 AM

^^

12/24/2011 10:19:39 AM

another site:
http://www.designswan.com/archives/incredible-book-carving.html

That is prob true, BigMan. I can't find a How-To site.

12/24/2011 10:20:25 AM

well trained moths

12/24/2011 10:20:27 AM

Its called booksmiffing.

12/24/2011 10:20:48 AM

message_topic.aspx?topic=622056
lulz

12/24/2011 10:21:12 AM

I totally almost looked that word up.


[Edited on December 24, 2011 at 10:23 AM. Reason : SHIT...sorry dweedle. dweedle swooped.]

12/24/2011 10:21:27 AM

I'd guess one could use a dremel.


[Edited on December 24, 2011 at 10:23 AM. Reason : r]

12/24/2011 10:22:20 AM

dweedles thread has sculpture of the fjord which is the coolest of the images so his thread wins

12/24/2011 10:26:08 AM

1. Glue books together
2. Use dremel tool

12/24/2011 12:19:36 PM

1. soak books in light adhesive solution
2. compress and dry soaked books.
3. ? (dremel tool)
4. profit.

12/24/2011 1:12:04 PM

Just run a stream of water across the book and wait a couple million years.

12/24/2011 1:12:50 PM

I wish that were wrong, like if someone could post a video or gif of someone flipping pages lol

12/24/2011 1:14:25 PM

One of the kids I use to keep had an uncle who hollowed out a book for him as a secret hiding spot. His uncle had glued the pages together in order to do it. I bet you can find an online how to for hollowing out a book to get an idea of how you might could do this.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Hollow-Book

[Edited on December 24, 2011 at 1:18 PM. Reason : FOUND ONE!]

12/24/2011 1:16:23 PM

I think it can be done without glueing individual pages together. I feel like you'd want the covers glued, but just clamping them after this is done should keep the carvable.

I guess though that's why this guy is an artist and we're not...

12/24/2011 1:20:02 PM

1. Glue books together
2. Use dremel tool

12/24/2011 1:21:09 PM

^^ I was thinking the same thing. No glue, just compress the book with clamps.

[Edited on December 24, 2011 at 1:22 PM. Reason : ^]

12/24/2011 1:22:18 PM

Did someone say CLAMPS?





and



[Edited on December 24, 2011 at 1:24 PM. Reason : ]

12/24/2011 1:23:36 PM

you all forgot the part about artistic ability

12/24/2011 4:33:07 PM

^ i pointed that out at 1:20pm in this thread.

12/24/2011 9:51:14 PM

To me, looks like miracles to me.

12/24/2011 9:53:57 PM

step 1) hate literature

step 2) proceed

12/25/2011 10:56:36 AM

Step 1: Cut a hole in the box

12/25/2011 11:15:19 AM

1. soak books in light adhesive solution
2. compress and dry soaked books.
3. ? (dremel tool)
4. profit.

12/25/2011 12:16:33 PM

CNC mill perhaps

12/25/2011 2:43:10 PM

As soon as I saw the first one I thought "man it'd be badass to have one of these of Petra"


then I saw the last one, want so bad

[Edited on December 25, 2011 at 2:50 PM. Reason : .]

12/25/2011 2:50:23 PM

yeah .
heavy clamps and adhesive.

With emphasis on heavy and clamps.

makes it like working with wood.

add wood working skill and presto, I imagine

6/6/2013 3:29:20 PM

buddah palm technique

6/6/2013 3:31:29 PM

the artist, Guy Laramee, is a genius.

from http://www.guylaramee.com/


















[Edited on June 6, 2013 at 4:18 PM. Reason : old thread]

6/6/2013 4:10:02 PM

more from http://www.guylaramee.com/

6/6/2013 4:10:50 PM

Quote :

"The erosion of cultures – and of “culture” as a whole - is the theme that runs through the last 25 years of my artistic practice. Cultures emerge, become obsolete, and are replaced by new ones. With the vanishing of cultures, some people are displaced and destroyed. We are currently told that the paper book is bound to die."

6/6/2013 4:12:05 PM

You're supposed to READ them. Why don't you do this type of shit with stacks of MACKLEMORE cds

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

[Edited on June 6, 2013 at 4:14 PM. Reason : FUCK then you'd have to BUY macklemore cds]

6/6/2013 4:14:01 PM

/message_topic.aspx?topic=637313

6/6/2013 4:19:34 PM

Macklemore did it WITHOUT cd's, without big name labels. I N D E P E N D E N T. that's what poseurs like you just don't get.

6/6/2013 4:20:04 PM

The only thing I know about macklemore is that his music and lyrics suck. Didn't feel the need to justify that with some other bullshit.

We'll see who still listens to him in 5 years. He'll soon be a washed up flavor of the month.

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

6/6/2013 4:21:04 PM

Quote :

"BUY cds"

6/6/2013 4:34:06 PM

Krallum's mom is a washed up flavor of the month.

6/6/2013 4:56:18 PM

This is one of my favorite TWW threads and thanks to whoever bumped it because I didn't know what to search

Quote :

""

reminds me of a real-life cave church in Egypt, Moqattam

6/6/2013 5:25:58 PM

Craftsmanship notwithstanding, this seems repulsive to me. Like burning a book describing thousands of years of advanced fireplace construction techniques in a campfire.

6/6/2013 6:12:41 PM

guess you'd rather old, antiquated, out-of-date books that no one ever reads be kept in storage until they eventually mildew away into rot.

maybe we could just stack them all up in like an altar and prostrate ourselves 5 times daily in pious prayer? you know, because books



[Edited on June 6, 2013 at 6:21 PM. Reason : ]

6/6/2013 6:20:34 PM

I'm sure there is a dremel involved.

6/6/2013 7:46:28 PM

This is awesome, the one with the wave on top made my pants tight

6/6/2013 7:51:34 PM

pretty pimp artwork

just now realizing this thread is old

6/6/2013 8:19:48 PM