Book Page Art
started when founders Jen and Kristy discovered a box of books that were
discarded and placed on the curb to be thrown away. They were determined to do
something with the books and brought them home in order to give them a new life
as art!
I personally discovered them at the 2022 New York Comicbook
Convention, where they occupied a booth opposite the booth where I was working
(Heroes in Action).
During our down times during NYCC (which weren’t many) I was drawn to their
booth in order to check out their very cool product.
What Jen and Kristy have done is take pages from books that
are old, torn, tattered, and/or getting thrown away, and give them new life by
creating original art on weathered old book pages. According to Book Page Art’s
web page, they work at matching their
page artwork and quotes to the books that correlate with them. “We take special
care that artwork represents the book that the pages are from.” Needless to
say, the specific book page on which the art appears (either a quote from the
book, or some art relevant to the book itself) will often vary from the pages
shown in photos on the site.
Given that they use all possible pages from each book to
create their art, each page is uniquely different. Also, the art is done
directly on the pages of the upcycled books and never photocopies of pages.
Customers can either choose from pre-existing pages and art or they can request
a specific page or passage from a book, creating a custom order, which is also
possible (assuming the book and/or page is available). Anyone wishing to place
a custom order should directly
contact
them directly).
Because books vary in size so too does the art, thus they
mount each page onto a black mat backing that is 8 x 10, so that it fits
perfectly into an 8 x 10 frame. All art is shipped in a protective casing with
a sturdy cardboard mat in order to protect it from bending in the mail. In the
unlikely event that the art is damaged in the shipping process customers should
contact Book Page Art directly.
The art page that I discovered which best suited my state of
mind was a page from
The Alchemist
(a book, I admittedly (sadly) never actually read, but I did acquire a copy
soon afterwards and it is now sitting by my bedside). I immediately fell in
love with this page and the quote as it most assuredly described the current
state of my life, as I find myself in a relationship with a woman I’ve known and
have been friends with for several years. After a number of failed
relationships (for each of us) we have found a cojoined life for both of us
with each other. Hence the quote seemed spot on as far as we were both
concerned.
The art is now on display in our Livingroom, just above the
fireplace. Because while the gift was from me to my love, it accurately
describes how we each feel about each other.
“I love you because the entire universe
conspired to help me find you”
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