Eileen Bos
paper sculpture
Eileen Bos is a multimedia sculpture artist in Asheville NC. Originally from NY, she began drawing & painting when she was 3 years old, & started sculpting at the age of 4. She is self taught through decades of trial & error, using a plethora of different mediums.
Her love of variety has lead her in many directions, from interior design & window displays, to fashion, and culinary arts, where she specialized in sculptured chocolates & elaborate cake designs in the wedding industry for over 15 years. She competed in the Nickel City Cake Challenge, was sought out for the cover of Buffalo Magazine, and made a giant chocolate buffalo standing in a (cake) paint bucket for the Extreme Home Makeover crew. She loves working with lighting & special effects. One of her most recognized cakes was modeled after a scene from her favorite movie, "Practical Magic". It had over 150 peony petals swirling up & around the cake into the sky "floating" toward a lit moon. The entire cake was animated in rotation encompassed in starlight & firefly projectors.
She began sculpting with book pages about a decade ago, creating light up book castles for wedding cake toppers & centerpieces, for which she won tablescape competitions at 2 consecutive Bride's World conventions. Authors Annie Sullivan (A Touch of Gold) & Kira Jane Buxton (Hollow Kingdom), then asked her to create custom pieces of art for them to take on their book signing tours, featuring scenes from their stories & using their own books' pages... and so began a new & exciting avenue of her work!
Upon moving to Asheville in 2023, she created her largest book sculpture to date- a 7.5 foot dragon with light-up flame simulation eyes, using the Harry Potter series, that adorned the front window of the K-2 Studio- an interior decor gallery in downtown Asheville. That dragon went on to win Best of Show at Kore Art Gallery in Louisville in 2024.
Recently, on a trip to Nashville TN, she presented Ann Patchett with a "Tom Lake" sculpture at Parnassus Books, and was lead by a series of magical events to the Enchanting, Copper Fox Gallery!
Eileen works with clients from all over the world to create one of a kind pieces that bring light & magic. She has a deep love of Quantum Physics & Metaphysics, and she is working on creating classes & retreats that fuse hands-on art creation with metaphysical principles to help empower people in fun, new & exciting ways.
She is also working with her partner, Dr. Joe Richichi, to create a new veterinary hospital & wellness center for pets, including exotics, that integrates both Eastern & Western practices near Asheville NC.
Available Works
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Eileen Bos creates magnificent paper sculptures from books. This magical castle sculpture delights everyone who sees it! Created with the pages of Harry Potter, Eileen builds the castle with the pages and they grow out of the actual book. Fairy lights complete the piece.
14×19×9” In Store Pickup only.