“The books had been left to the elements and as a result their appearance was decayed, fragile, almost romantically beautiful. These books had been part of an installation, a performance work and now are presented as sculpture. By removing the binding, and replacing it with wire, she was able to seal and bury the book and let natural corrosion take place.” (+)

Mary Ellen Long’s, Books: Untitled [her website —- more info. here]

“My aim is to translate culture into objects; I want to build a bridge between the orient and the occident. […] I want to emphasize the ongoing importance of cultural melting pots.” — Siba Sahabi

The series of paper vessels takes inspiration from characteristic black Etruscan ceramics and is hand-crafted from black wallpaper used for its strength and resistance to light. The ‘bucchero’ series comprises nine pieces including carafes, goblets and cups. [via designboom]

Siba Sahabi, Bucchero Series, Paper porcelain (photo by Karin Nussbaumer)

Brooke Schmidt, Vagabond Songs (Book Sculpture), 2010

[vintage book, cardinal feather, seed parachute, acrylic paint, gold leaf, glass]

“Roni Horn has produced four bodies of work shaped by her reading of Emily Dickinson. Lines from 23 Dickinson poems and one letter have been represented in configurations of either aluminum columns or aluminum cubes. Her site-specific installations often feature geometrically derived, machined objects that are placed in such a way that focus is transferred from the object itself onto dynamics at play among three-dimensional form, viewer, and site.”

— Eva Heisler (Reading as sculpture) [her full book here]

Roni Horn, When Dickinson Shut Her Eyes - For Felix; No 1027, 1993

“Arman explores reality. He strives to transform and sublimate artefacts into works of art. Everyday objects become poetry for the eye.” [+]

“The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds.” — Arman’s (book Trio à cordes).

Armand Pierre Fernandez, Untitled, 1994, cast bronze affixed to wood cello