Mysterious Paper Sculptures

[Kadie]

Those of you who don't keep up with Edinburgh's literary world through Twitter may have missed the recent spate of mysterious paper sculptures appearing around the city.

One day in March, staff at the Scottish Poetry Library came across a wonderful creation, left anonymously on a table in the library. Carved from paper, mounted on a book and with a tag addressed to @byleaveswelive - the library's Twitter account - reading:

It started with your name @byleaveswelive and became a tree.…
... We know that a library is so much more than a building full of books… a book is so much more than pages full of words.…
This is for you in support of libraries, books, words, ideas….. a gesture (poetic maybe?)



Next to the 'poetree' sat a paper egg lined with gold and a scatter of words which, when put together, make "A Trace of Wings" by Edwin Morgan.

much more...
http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Mysterious-paper-sculptures/blog/4991767/126249.html

[xchrom]

1. how wonderful. nt

[roguevalley]

14. wow. just wow.

[MineralMan]

2. I'd give that a prime spot in a display case in the library.

What a great gift by someone!

[OneGrassRoot]

3. Love, love, LOVE! :) n/t

[FSogol]

4. So cool. Thanks for posting. n/t

[Ezlivin]

5. The aliens have abandoned crop circles

These are much easier to make!

:)

[mopinko]

20. that's so mean.

[alfredo]

6. A trace of Wings by Edwin Morgan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/aug/23/poem-of-the-week-edwin-morgan

[Parker CA]

7. So cool. Thanks for this post!

[leveymg]

8. Looks like the work of Brian Dettmer. In the style of, anyway.

He carves some amazing 3-D from old books.

[Generic Other]

10. Yes. You are so right!

Dettmer's work is a treat.

http://briandettmer.com/

[Kadie]

11. Wow.

Thanks for posting. Awesome.

[Generic Other]

12. Don't you just love the mystery of it all?

Thank you for sharing it with us!

[Kadie]

16. I think it is wonderful!

and you are welcome. I am glad everyone is enjoying it as much as I did.

:hi:

[KittyWampus]

9. Lovely.

[malaise]

13. Fabulous

I love it Rec

[lunatica]

15. That's beautiful!

I love art.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. k&r and bkmrkd, thanks

[femrap]

18. K and R

How cool! I love them.

[Lucinda]

19. Incredible. So creative. Love, love, love this!

Thank you for sharing it! ♥

[mahina]

21. Cool, thank you

Shared it.