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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Mike Stilkey

L.A based artist Mike Stilkey paints on stacked book spines, creating a sculptured surface of whimsical, yet poignant portraits of animals and people.






10 comments:

  1. That's great and all but suppose you want to read one of the books? I guess it's got to be used for display only.

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  2. Wow, that's impressive! If we had books like that, I'd probably never be able to tell what the actual picture was because my kids would always have the books misplaced!

    Hope 2010 is off to a great start for you!

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  3. Neat...they remind me of Lemony Snicket.

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  4. So cool! You have got to have a wonderful imagination to see book spines and think..."hey, I'm going to stack them and then paint on them"..so ingenious.

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  5. That's so cool! Thanks for posting these!

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  6. I've seen dvd box sets like that, they have some picture when you put them together. I like it. I've never seen that done on book spines though, it's pretty cool.

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  7. That's really creative and must have been difficult. There's a guy here in Cleveland who paints images on shoes. It doesn't sound like much but it's pretty impressive.

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  8. amazing..... people are so creative... love it!

    I just want to say your new background of purples.. I am in love.. Purple is my favorite color....... lilac, lavendar... etc.. makes me smile.

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