Gallery: Isaac Salazar’s Book Or...

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Working exclusively with used books (unless a commission warrants otherwise), Salazar has created a series of word sculptures (featuring inspirational words such as “Dream”, “Read”, “Faith” and “Love”) through painstaking hand cutting and origami folding. Salazar is a completely self-taught artist, and at first glance his work appears to be laser cut — like artist Scott Campbell’s stacks of dollar bills — but in reality each piece takes up to two weeks to intricately fold by hand. He often plays with the title of the book, such as carving a recycle symbol in a book called “A World without Trees.”