Philadelphia-based artist Alex Queral carves the faces of celebrities into phone books, then coats the results with acrylic:
For me, the human head was a natural choice of subject matter because of its inherent expressiveness. I carve the faces out of phone books because I like the three-dimensional quality that results and because of the unexpected results that occur working in this medium. The three-dimensional quality enhances the feeling of the pieces as an object as opposed to a picture.
In carving and painting a head from a phone directory, I’m celebrating the individual lost in the anonymous list of thousands of names that describe the size of the community. In addition, I like the idea of creating something that is normally discarded every year into an object of longevity.
Gallery at the link.
Link via The Presurfer | Photo: Projects Gallery
I ran across this excellent tutorial while looking for things to do with unwanted phone books (for some inexplicable reason, they magically show up at my doorstep year after year).
Chica and Jo has the perfect solution if you’re crafty: turn those phone books into office organizers! Link – via Make
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