Well, this is way cool...

Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves books into sculptures one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed. Go to http://karanarora.posterous.com/insane-art-formed-by-carving-books-with-surgi to see his amazing work! (Sorry, live links don't seem to be working today - just copy and paste the url into your browser.)