These artworks are cut by hand, page by page.  I use scissors and utility knives.  No lasers or power tools are used.

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A 1898 copy of Macbeth has been cut to reveal the passage of the play with Lady Macbeth's famous line. The artist, Maggie Kerrigan, then wove the thread to bind the rest of the book together and encapsulate the famous words.

OUT DAMNED SPOT --- This 1898 edition of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth has been carved and woven to reveal...

An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan of Virginia Beach that shows a full set of Encyclopedias stacked up. The fore edge of the paper has been carved away (with scissors) to reveal words that describe endangered aspects of our world.

VOLUMES OF TROUBLE --- This artwork is a tribute to our planet and a lament for what we stand to lose. This hand-cut set...

A book that has been carved by hand, by artist Maggie Kerrigan, to show the word "Action." The book cover shows the title, The Movie Book."

LIGHTS, CAMERA... --- This hand-cut artwork celebrates the cinema industry, using The Movie Book.  This small gem is a tribute to...

An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan that consists of the word PEACE carved in to the pages of a book--hand done with scissors cutting each page.

CHOOSE PEACE --- We are living in turbulent times, and we must remember that peace is a choice that can be...

This artwork by Maggie Kerrigan is a book carved with the word Reflections, with part of the word reflected from below.

REFLECTIONS --- This artwork, made with Decision Points by George Bush, challenges viewers to reflect not only...

An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan that shows pages of a book that have been cut by hand to create the word Faith, with Braille letters in front of the word.

BLINDED --- This artwork is a wolf in sheep's clothing.  The word Faith, carved into Strong's Exhaustive Concordance...

An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan made out of a book that has been hand-carved to show the words Good and Evil

CHOOSE WISELY --- This copy of The Book of Virtues is full of well-known poems, stories and essays that...

Altered book by Virginia Beach artist, Maggie Kerrigan

WARPED --- Is the Soul of Man warped?  Do we truly have a "propensity for good and evil" as Goethe states in his book's subtitle?  Perhaps we...