Carved books, by Brian Dettmer

"Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.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."

 See Brian Dettmer's work here.

Sculptors Queensland

I've just stumbled upon "Sculptors Queensland" via Googling the name of an artist, after visiting her art blog, which I've linked to in a previous post.

SOSQ (Society of Sculptors Queensland) was founded in the 1960s, and provides a newsletter, monthly meetings with informative speakers, workshops and exhibition programs.

We've had a Hebel workshop last month here in Biloela, and this Saturday BAVA (Biloela Area Visual Arts) are getting together with the local pottery group, so the two groups can learn from each other/share ideas.

My mother used to teach pottery and sell pottery at markets, and did do some clay sculpting. I might like to try sculpting of some sort 'one day' too.