I know you're against the destruction of books for no good reason (which, you know, is fair enough!), but what about defacing books to turn them into art?
I absolutely love these prints by PinkyBrown on Etsy. Pictured is a mixed media piece - part illustration, part collage, and embroidered with the word 'Lovely' - created on a page from Shakespeare's Cymbeline.
Adrienne Garbini of What Nothing Press, deconstructs books, paints their covers, then photographs them. [via Apartment Therapy]
I think they're beautiful. What do you think?
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