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Brian Dettmer carves away sections of the pages in old books, one at a time – exposing the contents to create hyper-detailed impressionistic homages to the original material.

Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.

Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms.

“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,” he says.

The Book Surgeon (My Modern Met)

Sculptor, Kate McDowell, who exhibits in the US and UK,  creates incredible porcelain pieces designed to explore the impact of human activity on the environment. Sez she:

I hand sculpt each piece out of porcelain, often building a solid form and then hollowing it out.  Smaller forms are built petal by petal, branch by branch and allow me the chance to get immersed in close study of the structure of a blossom or a bee.  I chose porcelain for its luminous and ghostly qualities as well as its strength and ability to show fine texture.

More from Kate’s portfolio here.

An incredible Muhammad Ali tribute, currently on show at LA’s Nokia Plaza, created by sculptor, Michael Kalish using suspended black and white punching bags.

Muhammad Ali Sculpture Socks It to Ya (Wired)

Via our friends at Balls.ie

Mikro – a series of tiny ‘fold-up’ metal sculptures by artist Sam Buxton.

Each of the incredibly intricate designs starts out as a flat business-card sized sheet of stainless steel just 0.15mm thick. Assembly and fold-out instructions are included.

Considering that Buxton’s first prototype, drawings and models were displayed at the Victoria & Albert Museum earlier this year, £7 seems more than reasonable.

You can buy them here.