Fungi sprout from between pages, ivy crawls through the text, and the life cycle of the butterfly unfolds on the cover of a volume of Stéphanie Kilgast's vibrant sculptures. she

The fungus sprouts from between the two pages, ivy crawls through the text, and the life cycle of the butterfly unfolds on the cover of a volume of Stéphanie Kilgast's vibrant sculptures. Known for her intricate details using discarded materials and garbage such as broken cans or plastic bottles, her recent work explores incredible biodiversity using books as canvases.

In the United States alone, millions of works are published each year, which means billions of individual copies — many of which end up in landfills. Kilgast draws attention to these waste products by giving the vintage version a new lease of life. She constructs delicate mushrooms, blooming flowers and colorful corals in meticulous miniature environments, vividly reminding people of humanity's impact on the environment and nature's resilience.