Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Literature Heavyweights

These might look like antique books, but they're actually salvaged bricks that have been painted to look like they belong in an old library. The faux literature is the brilliant work of Daryl Fitzgerald, who transforms the bricks by stenciling them on both sides with titles of literary classics.

Find out more about the books here.

via [Smith Journal]

5 comments:

  1. Love these fellow Melbournians! This town just oozes original talent...but I'm biased.
    Liz aka Betty Jo

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  2. I like it - and they look great against that wall

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  3. Such a brilliant idea. Why didn't I think of this?

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  4. The term if you ask a book dealer is rare books.

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  5. Love them, really original and I never get around to reading them anyway!

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