"The Piano Has Been Drinking"
Roughly five thousand books were used to create this piece and its companion, Reminiscent.
"Birds Attack Man on Bike" by Mike Stilkey
"The Long Way Home"
Stilkey often selects books based on the color and texture of their covers.
"Slightly All the Time"
Stilkey's sculpture overtakes the room at a 2008 exhibition in California.
"Self Portrait as a Horse"
To prepare his "canvas," Stilkey first sorts books by size then lays them like bricks and inserts a screw into each one.
"Distinguished Gentleman"
Stilkey has partnered with libraries and bookstores, as well as a publishing company, to acquire donations of withdrawn or remaindered books.
"Song of the River"
Too Far to Walk by John Hersey and Night Without Stars by Winston Graham help create the canvas for this painting.
"Man Wanders Into Precarious Situation"
Among the books used in this piece is James Jones's Go to the Widow-Maker.
"Reminiscent"
Stilkey is pictured here in the process of creating his installation Reminiscent last summer at California's Hurley )( Space Gallery. Click here for a video of the project unfolding.
John Lennon's Letters, a Six-Hundred-Year-Old Book in Salt Lake City, and More
One of the world's oldest books turns up in Utah; Dzanc Books launches a program to reintroduce out-of-print titles as e-books; a collection of John Lennon's letters; what your favorite children's book says about you; and other news.
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