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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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
Using a full set of World Book Encyclopedias

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…
Book Used:  The Movie Book

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
Book Used:  War and Peace

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

Reflections
Book Used:  Decision Points

An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan in which the pages of a book have been cut with scissors to create a word in braille and the word "Faith"

Blinded
Book Used:  Strong’s Concordance

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

Original Sin
Book Used: The Book of Virtues