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Although I have a hard time even writing in the margins of a book I love book art. Add a hint of mystery and I'm enchanted, so I was thrilled that although all ten of the secret paper gifts to Edinburgh's libraries have been found the anonymous giver left the option of future gifts open. I was surprised to read that the artist had not made paper sculptures before, the sculptures were so different than each other and so imaginative. Isn't the texture of the feathered cap below (found in the Scottish Poetry Library) gorgeous? Then there are Brian Dettmer's book autopsies, I was initially conflicted because they're made from older books, but the look has since won me over: Finally today a wonderfully creepy video my friend in the belfry found for a wonderfully creepy nursery rhyme book: