If you are an admirer of this artist’s work, as I am, you will enjoy watching the videos embedded here.
“My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception.”
Related:
Brian Dettmer’s Incredible Book Sculptures
Brian Dettmer on Wikipedia
Brian Dettmer’s Website
Beyond Survival in a School Library 
I DO love his work and thank you for these videos! Fascinating!
You’re welcome. I was especially impressed by the way he allows the book to reveal itself as he carves, working with whatever he discovers in the pages.
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