I am compelled to seek connections and meaning from books to express through my art. Each book is a puzzle, a problem to solve. How and what can I convey by manipulating the pages and paper? How can I engineer an idea into form? Each artwork is a UNIQUE expression of its chosen book.

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An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan of a manual typewriter that has been cast in paper and has streamers of book text spilling out of it.
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.
An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan that shows a book with pages folded to create the image of a surfer on a wave.
A collage by artist Maggie Kerrigan that implies melting glaciers and uses paper cut from encyclopedias.
Three hundred feet of book pages are punctured with holes and suspended from the ceiling. A book filled with the hole punches is on a podium, representing lives lost. Artwork by Maggie Kerrigan
A sculpture by Maggie Kerrigan of a bunny rabbit made from the book The Velveteen Rabbit