A book sculpture crafted out of the pages of a copy of Burns’ Tam o’ Shanter has fetched £10,000 at an auction.
The intricate paper artwork was one of five unique sculptures sold at a fundraising auction in Edinburgh, by fine art auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull, raising over £50,000 for Scottish Book Trust.
The highly detailed paper and wire art piece, created by an anonymous artist, depicts the famous scene in the Tam o’ Shanter poem where Tam and his horse Meg flee across the Brig o’ Doon bridge as a witch, named Nannie, follows in pursuit.
