Brian Dettmer, aka The Book Surgeon
Chicago born artist Brian Dettmer meticulously dissects books using knives, tweezers and surgical tools. Each piece only reveals what was inside, nothing is added, only removed to reveal the life inside … Continue reading
Rose Sanderson
Bristol based artist Rose Sanderson did a series of ‘Bugs on Books’ art pieces, so I’m presuming this is a natural progression taking her influences from insects, birds and anatomy, … Continue reading
Eyeball Monster
Just thinking of all the laptops and books I could sneak this little guy into… Wanna make one yourself? Here’s the link. Created by Studioset. There’s so many more too … Continue reading
Hidden Treasure
Hidden in the National Library of Medicine’s collection is more than 17 million items, a selection of which have been collected in the new publication form Blast Books called Hidden … Continue reading
Copyright Free Vintage Anatomical Images
You’ve probably noticed the latest fashion of using vintage images to make art and crafts as they are copyright free (due to them being so old they are now outside … Continue reading
Empire of Death
The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses covers the worlds most important charnel sites. ‘ranging from the crypts of the Capuchin monasteries in Italy and the … Continue reading
Mark Ryden Blood
Painter Mark Ryden produces beautiful but disturbing paintings (above; Fountain, Drips), and his Blood series from 2003 is available in a new 2nd edition stunning book from Porterhouse;
Stuck Up!
Ok, it’s a cheap shot…. but I defy you not to giggle. Yup, you’ve probably guessed by now, that this book Stuck Up! is written by doctors featuring their favourite … Continue reading
Anatomical Alphabet of Emotions
In case you’ve not yet discovered it, John Ptak runs a blog ‘Ptak Science Books’, where I stumbled across this hilarious (to an anatomy geek) article ‘An Alphabet of … Continue reading
Science Tattoos
Due to be released in October 2011 is Carl Zimmers latest publication, ‘Science Ink’ the art of science tattoos. I saw this at the London Book Fair earlier this year, … Continue reading
