[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7482″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]Every day, librarians across America are called to respond to book murders. Each homicide case is tragic, but there are few cases more heartbreaking and more difficult to understand than serial book murder.
For years, library scientists, academics, and mental health experts have studied serial book murder, asking why, when there is so much scrap paper and so many pens, why an artist would need to render the flesh from a fully formed and innocent text. Known serial cutters include Brian Dettmer, and Noriko Ambe’s deadly duo super cuttings in team with ED Rushca for “Artists who make pieces, Artists who do books.” Still some serial murders remain unsigned, such as the Nerhol Alphabet I found on pinterest. These diverse groups have long attempted to understand the complex issues related to serial book murders. Only Andrea Myers and Maud Vantours remain on the unbound side of this solemn moral issue. The authors, publishers, and future readers of these now unknowable books have my heartfelt sympathies. [/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]
Scrap Paper Artists
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Book Murderers
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I used to view digital paintings as inferior to “real” paintings, requiring less skill. I’ve since come to realize the skill of digital work is no less challenging, and the medium can be every bit as sincere. Digital paintings require the artist to mix and apply specific color, value, texture, layers, and transparency – all …
I’m working on a new series of posts about Alberto Giacometti’s drawings and paintings. Giacometti is the guy who made the big tall skinny guy sculptures. They look like this: For my post, I searched for Giacometti’s early works and found artworks from 1910. Alberto was born in 1901, so in 1910, he would have …
The League has a new mural, designed and painted by Nikki Barber. The mural honors Charleena Lyles, a 30-year-old Black, pregnant woman who was fatally shot in North Seattle by two white Seattle police officers on June 18, 2017. This post was written by Nikki Barber. Painting the mural, there were occasional, unpleasant jeers, and …
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” full_height=”yes” columns_placement=”top” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”center” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column centered_text=”true” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] Fierce Women of Art In the same breath that I will say “please don’t ever refer to my gender before you refer to my work” I will share this list of lady artists, because … …
Book Murderers
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7482″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]Every day, librarians across America are called to respond to book murders. Each homicide case is tragic, but there are few cases more heartbreaking and more difficult to understand than serial book murder.
For years, library scientists, academics, and mental health experts have studied serial book murder, asking why, when there is so much scrap paper and so many pens, why an artist would need to render the flesh from a fully formed and innocent text. Known serial cutters include Brian Dettmer, and Noriko Ambe’s deadly duo super cuttings in team with ED Rushca for “Artists who make pieces, Artists who do books.” Still some serial murders remain unsigned, such as the Nerhol Alphabet I found on pinterest. These diverse groups have long attempted to understand the complex issues related to serial book murders. Only Andrea Myers and Maud Vantours remain on the unbound side of this solemn moral issue. The authors, publishers, and future readers of these now unknowable books have my heartfelt sympathies. [/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]
Scrap Paper Artists
Content warning: Merciful, with scrap paper. No books were harmed. Appropriate for all viewers.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”7480,7476,7464,7459,7469″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″ load_in_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]
Book Murderers
Content warning: The writers of this blog do not condone this morally corrupted act. Some of these images illustrate literary texts, and may be inappropriate for younger audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”7481,7474,7475,7477,7478,7479″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″ load_in_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”7489″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][image_with_animation image_url=”7485″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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