Book sculptures-bringing the story to life- by viki

I'm not going to tell the title of this book, you'll have to guess. :) I'm sooo happy with this one but not so happy with the pictures. They just don't do justice to the detail in this piece. There are 8 fully detailed beds in this piece, complete with mussed up blankets and pillows but they just don't seem to show up in picture. In person they are the absolute highlight of the piece. In spite of the pictures..I'm really proud of how this one turned out.
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Wizard of Oz book sculpture. Can't really tell from the picture but I tinted the print of "emerald city" with a very pale shade of green.

Finally ready to post a picture of my Swiss Family Robinson book sculpture. Spent a lot of time getting the "tree houses" to look exactly like I wanted. Love the shoreline on this one. Can't see it in the picture but there is a table and chair in the larger treehouse.  Trentyn (my grandson) is completely mesmerized by the book sculptures. After he studied this one a while he said, "grandma are they going to put water in that bucket?" :)

How thrilled I am with this finished piece! It took 3 separate pieces to sculpt a "Tara" that I was happy with and I think this one has the feel of a plantation house. I love love love 'Scarlet', hopefully I captured a picture that shows the details of her dress-- so cute. I spent a lot of time cutting trees that suited me for the scene and of course, the farmhands just complete the vision in my head.

Finally got around to taking the pictures of my Snow White sculpture. Oh my gosh I need a better system for taking the photos--they just don't seem to do the pieces proud. There is so much more dimension and detail that what appears in the photo.  In any event, I am very happy with this piece. My grandson, Trentyn-- who is 5 years old was very impressed and seemed to want to crawl right into that little world! That is exactly what I hope to accomplish with the sculptures

Last night I put the finishing touches on my new Snow White book sculpture. I really enjoyed this one and I love the 'woods' (trees) that I made. Definately developing some new techniques as I go and am discovering that I need to think on a smaller scale. Pictures to follow.

I love the clean lines of the staircase.

Jack & the Beanstalk full view

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