Daniel Essig creates book-based art. He uses a binding style known as Ethiopian-style Coptic bookbinding, which dates from the fourth century. His sculptural books are mixed media, incorporating handmade papers, unusual woods, fossils, mica, and found objects.

The books created by artist Tara Bryan are just as unusual as Essig's work. She creates her books with unusual bindings, materials, and formats. The books have unexpected folds, flaps, and ties, among other whimsical elements of architecture. Su Blackwell does lovely book-cut sculptures, creating scenes from the printed word, as if she is releasing the characters and places that were trapped between the covers. Georgia Russell is a Scottish artist who transforms found books by meticulously shredding them with a scalpel into new and unusual forms. She also works with sheet music, photographs, maps, and other types of word or image on paper.