Edinburgh paper sculptures for book lovers

[Alastair]

Got in a link to see these wonderful sculptures and thought I'd share it with you...

http://community.thisiscentralstatio...67/126249.html

Alastair

[1938 Observer]

Re: Edinburgh paper sculptures for book lovers

Amazing art work...........thankyou for the link.

[Alastair]

Re: Edinburgh paper sculptures for book lovers

There were some really fantastic sculptures there... glad to share the link.

Alastair

[FriedaKateM]

Re: Edinburgh paper sculptures for book lovers

Quite surprising to have so many of these time-consuming types of art!!! Wonder how long each took to do, & how did the artist get them into the venues without being seen?

Having been onto Ian Rankin's website, reading posts on his community forum, I wouldn't doubt that one of them might have done these. The one point I feel BAD about.....is that books were destroyed in the making of these sculptures. Just some ideas and questions to ponder....Joan

[FriedaKateM]

Re: Edinburgh paper sculptures for book lovers

An Interesting Story in today's Scotsman Newspaper.

Mystery of Rebus author sculptures


Published Date: 29 June 2011
By Kirsty Topping
SCOTLAND'S leading crime writer has become embroiled in a mystery which would tax even his most famous creation.
Rebus author Ian Rankin appears to be the link between mysterious paper sculptures which have been left in several Scottish locations, with no hint as to the artist behind them.

The most recent sculptures were left at the Filmhouse Cinema and the,
National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, with the Scottish Poetry Library receiving one earlier this year. Staff at the Filmhouse were stunned to find a miniature cinema cut from the pages of several books had been left in their offices last week.

Seated in the audience is a model of Ian Rankin enjoying a bottle of Deuchars beer.

The National Library of Scotland was left a model of a gramophone and coffin, carved from a copy of the last Rebus book, Exit Music.

Rankin said he was as confused as everyone else: "It seems to be someone who knows about my books - Exit Music has a scene at the Poetry Library - and maybe also my personal habits (drinking Deuchars; often to be found at the Filmhouse), but otherwise I'm in the dark.

"From the photos it looks amazing - intricate and obviously the work of many hours. All very strange and wonderful."

Bryan Christie of the National Library of Scotland said they had received their model last Tuesday. "It's obviously not something that somebody's knocked off in ten minutes, they've spent a bit of time and thought on this and it's very intricate."Willie Macleod

I was just on Ian Rankin's website, which do not visit too often, when I ran across this article in regard to the above postings. Thought you all might like seeing the connections!! Joan I might venture a guess, that one of his "fans" could have done these!
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