Thursday, December 16, 2010

Bookshelf portraits

Oh how I love my 20x200 newsletters. Without these, I would not have found out about the wonderful Jane Mount and her illustrated bookshelves. I love this part of her artist bio on 20x200: "When she was little she believed that people kept learning and changing until they knew absolutely everything, and then they would die and move on to something else because they were done here. She is currently still on that mission."

Jane draws people's bookshelves like "portraiture" she says because you can tell so much about people by what books they read.

What's on your bookshelf?

Posted by Marisa Seguin at 12:00 PM
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11 comments:

  1. Couve IllustrationsDecember 16, 2010 at 2:32 PM

    oh, I've seen those on etsy! they're so nice!
    loe you can costumise one with your favourite books!

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  2. AntoniaDecember 16, 2010 at 5:04 PM

    Wow, these are gorgeous!

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  3. kDecember 16, 2010 at 5:23 PM

    i love that idea! so cute!

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  4. Aoife BlakeDecember 16, 2010 at 5:59 PM

    I have nothing on my bookshelf :(
    I had to sell all my books to move to Vancouver (...LOVING your Vancouver posts by the way! Going to have a good read through those now in a min.) I wonder what that says about me?
    Lovely illustrations, Jane's very talented. Thanks for sharing!

    Aoife x

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  5. Claudia CifuentesDecember 16, 2010 at 6:17 PM

    what a great philosophy! love these illustrations. my bookcase is filled with design, art and film books. my husband's side is all history. :)

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  6. TashDecember 16, 2010 at 7:03 PM

    You have a lovely blog! What a beautiful philosophy. Well I have loads of cookbooks, my Paulo Coelho books and travel books. I suppose your bookcase does say a lot about you!

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  7. Oh, My DarlingDecember 16, 2010 at 8:32 PM

    Oh wow, I'm completely smitten with these illustrations! What an idea!

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  8. VictoriaDecember 17, 2010 at 2:42 PM

    Love this idea and love 20x200 also! Great resource for fabulous art:)

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  9. paulaDecember 19, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    I can't wait to have one of my own:)

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  10. BlueEyedYonderDecember 22, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    What a novel idea! I have always enjoyed taking a peek of friend's bookshelves. I agree, you can tell a lot about a person that way. What a fun piece of art to have.

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  11. Thelma FrayneDecember 23, 2010 at 5:36 AM

    These are brilliant!

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