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Artist conjures mysterious symbols from the ghosts of forgotten books

Mark Frauenfelder
Aug 13, 2025
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Barry McWilliams

Artist Barry McWilliams is transforming vintage European book pages into mysterious symbols and abstract drawings, offering the collected works as a limited-edition zine through Kickstarter.

The project, titled "Shapes, Symbols, and Sigils," features hand-drawn artwork created on rescued book pages, where text remains partially visible be…

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