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| A mysterious figure lurks... |
In celebration, I'm going to tell you about the Edinburgh Library 'Phantom'.
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| Books are just my cup of tea! |
Three months later a mini cinema was exposed in the Edinburgh Filmhouse, then a tiny paper gramophone turned up at the National Library and a dragon’s egg was discovered hatching on the window sill at Edinburgh's Storytelling Centre.
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| Lost in a good book |
These intricately-crafted pieces are left anonymously but sometimes have notes supporting libraries and the arts. All they reveal is that the perpetrator is a woman (and a woman fond of ellipses, which narrows it down a bit) who loves words, books, libraries, ideas.......
The perpetrator has never been identified... but if I catch you in my library with a pair of scissors you'll 'feel the back of my hand'! (and not in a genteel, strokey way
READ MORE:
- The Library Phantom Returns!
- More pictures by Chris Scott
I hate to see books vandalised. And,it's a practice not restricted to any one group. I've caught university students actually removing pages with a craft knife.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I'd prefer to see a book turned into a sculpture, than end up in a skip.
It was pouring down here today - the number of people who came in with soaking wet books. Wouldn't you just pop them inside your coat ... or, I don't know, one of those new-fangled carrier bag devices? No respect!
Deletewho says it a woman!? I left mine in the back ally in Birkenhead Library and no-ones picked up on it. opps. did i just admit it was me :-0
ReplyDeleteShe said she was a woman in the note. *tsk*
Deletei love a good sculpture me
ReplyDeleteWatch this space then; I've been meaning for a while to do some posts about 'altered books'.
DeleteIt’s very clever stuff, and as Martin says, better that than the shredder.
ReplyDeleteTo subvert and paraphrase Eleanor Roosevelt: 'Better read than shred'.
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