If you’re a bookaholic, chances are it’s not just because you like stories. You probably also just love the physicality of books themselves. Those papery book smells: the crumbly mustiness of old library tomes as well as the glossy mass-produced fragrance of the new volumes lining the shelves of the local book megamarket. The way it feels to run your hands over a fancy embossed book jacket. The array of colors and shapes books come in, and the designs emblazoned on their covers and backs. Books are art.

But some creative people build on that concept, further pushing the idea of book as art — both of the folk and high variety.

After the jump is a brief roundup of book art links for your weekend perusal.

Here’s a lovely and extensive gallery of art made from books — including work by Georgia Russell, a Scottish artist who cuts into the pages of books using scalpels to create odd-looking sculptures that often resemble deep sea-dwelling creatures, and Nicholas Jones, a Tim Burton lookalike who carves away at books until what remains are whimsical sculptures of paper and ink.

Here are some works of book-related art that you can welcome into your own home:

Here’s a cute print of a bare tree on a vintage book page, perfect for framing.

Along those same lines are these fabulous prints from artist John Clark, featuring black ink depictions of various women, through which cryptic lines of text are highlighted. (I was so smitten with these inexpensive pieces of art that I ordered two, and Clark threw in a freebie. Very cool.)

For people who have tastes that run a little literal at times, here are some bookshelves made out of books on which you can place your … books.

Got an itch to create one of those green-lamped, mahogany-lined, leather-clad libraries you always see in movies? The kind that positively reeks of good cigars? No need to wait to accumulate classic, gold-gilded volumes on your own; simply pony up some dough and buy some designer books made especially for home decor. Choose from various styles and colors to fully customize your library. And then NEVER EVER tell anyone that you just bought books to decorate with.

For those of you who occasionally feel a little crafty, here’s a little guide to ways of making your own book art.

And do keep this book-enabled Christmas tree in mind as we continue our inevitable march toward the holiday season (laugh, but it will be here before you know it).