Sink or swim by hogret on DeviantArt. Click for source

South-African collage artist Margaret, publishing as hogret on DeviantArt has embarked on a project to alter an entire book using only Bouguereau’s 1875 painting After the Bath. Each single page or page spread is created applying a different technique, such as paperweaving or crumblage, using a variety of tools and materials, such as melted wax, marker pens, transfer text, copics, and gelpens.

Shown above is one example of a double page spread, in which the mermaid tail is made out of individually cut out Japanese washi paper scales. Below are a few more examples. Click the first image to visit the gallery where you will find several more remastered versions of Bouguereau’s original work. Click the others to view them in detail on DeviantArt.