Thirtytwo Paperbacks

 

2008

Recycled books, wood (poplar)

16 feet x 4½ inches x 2 inches

 

Paperback books cut into ¾ inch strips were attached at their spines to strips of wood that had been sanded in a wavy pattern. The distortion created at the spine was exaggerated at the foreedge causing a significant undulation of the pages along its length.