San Francisco based artist Alexis Arnold is the artist behind this collection of crystallized books, they are frozen with crystal growth. Alexis has an MFA in Sculpture and a BA in Art, she currently teaches at several public elementary schools in the Bay Area.
The Crystallized Book Series addresses the materiality of the book versus the text or content of the book, in addition to commenting on the vulnerability of the printed book. The crystals remove the text and transform the books into aesthetic, non-functional objects. The books, frozen with crystal growth, have become artifacts or geologic specimens imbued with the history of time, use, and nostalgia. The series was prompted by repeatedly finding boxes of discarded books, by the onset of e-books, and by the shuttering of bookstores.
Via: Alexis Arnold