Beautiful Book Carving Art (17 images)

I thought I’d seen every type of book carving imaginable, until I ran across these jaw dropping creations by Guy Laramee.

His works are so sculptural, so movingly natural in their form, they’ve really touched me. His works are inspired by a fascination with so-called progress in society: a thinking which says the book is dead, libraries are obsolete and technology is the only way of the future. Check out 16 more images after the jump.