[Book sculpture of a gramophone and a coffin fashioned from a copy of Edinburgh-based author Ian Rankin's book Exit Music.] [art original]
Rankin, Ian.Exit music.
Gibbon, Charles,1843-1890.Casquet of literature.
[Edinburgh?],
[2011]
Three piece sculpture comprising a partially open copy of Exit Music by Ian Rankin, on top of the cropped pages of which rests a gramophone made from parts of a book, and protruding from the pages at the bottom of it, a coffin with a paper wreath, carved from a copy of The casquet of literature by Charles Gibbon.  Accompanied by a handwritten cardboard and string label with the inscription "For @natlibscot - a gift - In support of libraries, books, words, ideas ..... (& against their exit)".
An art original.
One of a group of ten elaborate book sculptures that were left around various cultural locations in Edinburgh, Scotland, between March and November 2011, as gifts to the cultural institutions and people of the city. The identity of the artist is unknown, although notes with some of the sculptures referred to the artist as 'she'. The sculptures were made from old books and were accompanied by gift labels which praised literacy and the love of words, and argued against library and other arts funding cuts. The ten Edinburgh sculptures were toured through Scotland in an exhibition in late 2012.
Three piece sculpture comprising a partially open copy of Exit Music by Ian Rankin, on top of the cropped pages of which rests a gramophone made from parts of a book, and protruding from the pages at the bottom of it, a coffin with a paper wreath, carved from a copy of The casquet of literature by Charles Gibbon.  Accompanied by a handwritten cardboard and string label with the inscription "For @natlibscot - a gift - In support of libraries, books, words, ideas ..... (& against their exit)".
Rankin, Ian.
Paper sculpture
Altered books