Georgia Russell

If you liked the deconstructed book sculptures by Brian Dettmer we featured a few months ago, check out Georgia Russell‘s work; like Dettmer, the Scottish artist also uses a scalpel to carve into old books, maps, photographs and newspapers, giving them new life, but her special handiwork instead leaves behind a beautiful, distinct fray of wisps and textures. It’s a little bit like Edward Scissorhands meets the output from a paper shredder. She mounts her works inside acrylic boxes so they’re protected, and in the cases of books that have more elaborate cutting, the pieces are inventively preserved inside a bell jar, perhaps as a reference to their organic beginnings. Russell’s art is currently on display at London gallery England & Co, so make an effort to catch it if you’re in town.