To graphic designer, illustrator and paper artist Cecilia Levy, old books carry a history, not just by the story written on their pages, but also in terms of how they’ve been used; dog-ears, stains, a dedication on the flyleaf, a doodle in the margin. For her paper art she uses books from the beginning of the last century, taking them apart, tearing, shredding and cutting the pages into small pieces that are then reassembled into new objects. Eggshell thin, yet remarkably steady. The story lives on, but in a different shape.
Nothing is like expecting, 2012
Daily Thistles, 2012 (Public commission for Gottsunda Library, Uppsala)
Hobo – Homeward Bound, 2012 (Boots, size 40 / US 9)
Colony, Red, 2011 (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm)
Colony, Red, 2011 (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm)
Cuckoos Nest, 2012
Passion For Paper & Print 
Such a beautiful extension of the idea of ‘playing with words’