A book tree

If only I had any skill with a scalpel, then maybe I could attempt to recycle all those books I won't admit I've read and want to dispose of quickly (Chasing Harry Winston, for example) into beautiful pieces of art.

Well, of course I couldn't, and these beautiful book sculptures are the perfect example of why not. Su Blackwell, a graduate from the Royal College of Art, creates these intricate sculptures from books found in second hand book shops - which she reads first, and lets the words inform her work. I think they are exquisite.

Su currently has an exhibition at the Long & Ryle gallery in London, until 20th December.