Guy Laramee's Insane Book Landscapes

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January 12th, 2012 10

If you think print is dead, you need to check out these incredibly vibrant landscapes made by Montreal artist Guy Laramee using old books. His vision and attention to detail yield gorgeously dreamy results. Here’s a detail shot of the piece above:

And there are plenty more where these came from. Head to Laramee’s site to see the complete series.

[via Abduzeedo; thanks Michael!]

10 thoughts on “Guy Laramee’s Insane Book Landscapes”

Derek Tombrello says:

January 12th, 2012 at 9:40 pm

Oh those poor books! ;(

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Sam Alcorn says:

January 13th, 2012 at 8:34 am

Is there anywhere that he documents his process? I think his book landscapes are amazing.

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1. snowgoli says:
  
  January 13th, 2012 at 10:33 am
  
  Hi Sam, I was wondering the same thing, but hadn’t been able to find any documentation. Whatever it is, it’s no doubt time consuming, but I’d love to know!
  
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  1. Boy Genius says:
    
    January 13th, 2012 at 2:50 pm
    
    Looks like a CNC driven cutter did the work. The actual cutting wouldn’t be time consuming, just the setup on a computer.
    
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