Anello realizzato con le pagine del romanzo Uomini e topi (Of Mice and Men), di John Steinbeck
Anello realizzato con le pagine del romanzo Uomini e topi (Of Mice and Men), di John Steinbeck

Jeremy May’s must-read jewels

The jewels taken from the Jeremy May books: an original process of transformation into rings, earrings or necklaces ♦

It may be that reading a newspaper or a book has become more rare. Smartphones, tablets and computers attract attention and are almost always at your fingertips. Reading a book, however, is a tactile experience, as well as nourishment for the brain (and very pleasant if what is written is good).

But books are also useful for another reason: they can become jewels. In this sense: pages that become rings, or earrings.

Anello di Jeremy May
Jeremy May ring

Turning culture into bijoux is Jeremy May, a London artisan-artist who captures paper through a difficult process of lamination. Basically, it digs through the pages of books, and turns them into jewels. The pieces of the Littlefly series are composed of hundreds lamination, sheets compressed together, with mirror finish. The card is selected and accurately removed from a book, and the jewels reinserted into the excavated space. Of course, after then do not claim to read them … Cosimo Muzzano

Anello creato dalle pagine del libro «Via col vento» (1936) di Margaret Mitchell
Ring created from the pages of the book «Gone with the Wind» (1936) by Margaret Mitchell
Anello tratto dal libro «Diecimila all'anno»
Ring taken from the book «Ten thousand per year»
Anello tratto da «Orgoglio e Pregiudizio»
Ring from «Pride and Prejudice»
Orecchini dal libro «Poems by the Way», indossato
Earring from the book «Poems by the Way», worn
Il libro «Poems by the Way»
The book «Poems by the Way»
Anello dal libro «Rashomon»
Ring from the book «Rashomon»
Collana con pendente Ruote
Necklace with Wheels pendant
Orecchini dal libro «The Passion Flower Hotel»
Earrings from the book «The Passion Flower Hotel»

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