Artist Carves Brazil’s Lush Landscape into Found Books
After two trips to brazil’s serra do corvo branco region, artist guy laramée — inspired by the dramatic topography of the site — has realized a series of nine carved book sculptures that meticulously illustrate the lush natural landscape. ‘onde eles moram (where they live)’ continues laramée’s work with sculpted paper, expanding on the theme to include delicate paintings of wildlife found in the area — beginning with the native urubu-rei (king of the vultures) bird, from which the mountain range is named.
Artist Carves Brazil’s Lush Landscape into Found Books
exterior of ‘historia da america portuguesa’
Artist Carves Brazil’s Lush Landscape into Found Books 
detail of carved pages of ‘historia da america portuguesa’
Artist Carves Brazil’s Lush Landscape into Found Books
exterior of ‘ciropedia’
interior carved pages of ‘ciropedia’
detail of ‘ciropedia’ carving
exterior of ‘poesia’
interior carved pages of ‘poesia’
detail view of ‘poesia’
exterior of ‘humboldt’
interior carved pages of ‘humboldt’
detail pages of ‘humboldt’
exterior of ‘voltaire’
interior carving of ‘voltaire’
detailed look at ‘voltaire’
exterior of ‘serra do corvo branco’
interior of ‘serra do corvo branco’
detail of ‘serra do corvo branco’
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