Sculptural artworks are created with a variety of techniques, including paper casting, paper engineering, carving and painting.

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An artwork called The Infinity of Imagination by artist Maggie Kerrigan. It's a manual typewriter that has been cast in paper and has ribbons of book text flowing out of it.

THE INFINITY OF IMAGINATION --- This paper-cast typewriter (yes, it's all paper) was created as a nod to authors...

An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan that shows fortune cookies made from the paper of a book.

GOOD FORTUNES --- What if manifesting good fortune in life were as simple as imagining what you want and...

A book sculpture by Maggie Kerrigan that shows thousands of words cut out of the book The Dictionary of Lost Words and displayed as specimens under a glass dome.

THE LOST WORDS --- This artwork was made with the novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words. This piece explores...

An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan that shows a pile of rocks that have been covered by text from the book Bad Decisions Make Good Stories, as well as 125 bad decisions that were submitted to Maggie (along with her own).

THE WEIGHT OF OUR BAD DECISIONS --- This artwork explores the tangible weight of intangible choices, inspired by...

A artwork by Maggie Kerrigan depicting a paper watering can with paper flowers flowing out of it.

FLOURISH --- Gardening and flower arranging are invigorating, yet calming activities.  When the work is done...

WAVES OF EMOTION --- This sculpture explores the ocean’s profound connection to our inner worlds. The pages of National Geographic: The Ocean Realm...

An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan of Va Beach that depicts butterflies "trapped" in a glass jar. Even though the jar has no lid, they do not escape.

WHY DON'T THEY FLY AWAY? --- This artwork explores the paradox of how a person can be held captive without a literal restraint.  Victims of...

Rise from the Ashes is an artwork by Maggie Kerrigan that consists of two banned books and the ashes of 7 burned books in a lucite box.

RISE FROM THE ASHES --- It might be every author’s dream to have their book challenged by a school board.  What better way to guarantee that...

An artwork by Maggie Kerrigan that shows a whale breeching out of the open pages of an encyclopedia.

THE RIGHT WHALE --- As part of my Endangered series, this Northern Right Whale is breeching out of the World Book Encyclopedia, Vol. W.  Should it be any surprise...