Introduction

Welcome to my blog.  I am a year nine student, and at our school we are making art sculptures through recycling for this term.  This means that all of the work we will be doing will be made of used items, such as old newspapers and magazines.  Our final aim is to produce a piece to go onto display in our schools art gallery.

My blog gives a  new, artier understanding of the 3 Rs of Recycling; they are:

Rework

Rearrange to

Reinvent

Recently we have been studying 'book art'.  Book art is when old books are used to create a piece of art.  Often these books would be thrown out it not used for the artwork, which is why we are studying book art in the recycling topic.

We have briefly looked at several artists who use books in their art work.

Robert The

     In lots of his work, he uses a laser cutter to cut shapes out of old books.  When making a shape, a scorpion in this example, Robert The will usually cut out from the spine, this makes his work symmetrical, and keeps the pages held together and makes it look more professional.
     This piece is one of my favourite out of the examples on this post, because I am inspired by the creativity.  Robert The has turned a very boring book cover into a very imaginative piece of artwork.  It's very simple, but I think it's very effective.  Even the way that he left the original book on show, improves my opinion of it.




Sachiyo Yoshida
     I am not so sure if I like this sculpture.  To me it looks a bit plain and simple.  Robert The's art was simple as well, but his was very original, which drew you towards it.  However this piece to me, just looks like a pile of book and isn't that amazing.  This piece doesn't have any features that make it stand out as a clever piece of book art.

                    
Georgia Russel

     Some of this piece is very good and shows a lot of skill; like the book and the way it has been so delicately cut out.          

     

     However, similar to the previous piece, this piece seems to be very mysterious.  It looks as if the bright book is being swallowed up by the plain strips of paper behind it; and this makes it feel quite gloomy and miserable. 

                    
                                
                                                                                        





Cara Barer
     Cara Barer's style is very original and unique, and her work is probably the most distinct as to who created it out of the four artists on this post.

     The black background which she has on most of her pieces is very effective; when I look at her work on a black background, I imagine it floating through space; or under water with the pages spreading out in all directions.  There are many variations and you can make up your own personal choice about where the background is.