{"id":86317,"date":"2014-01-16T10:03:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=86317"},"modified":"2014-01-16T10:03:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T15:03:53","slug":"smaug-comes-to-life-in-the-pages-of-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/01\/16\/86317-smaug-comes-to-life-in-the-pages-of-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Smaug comes to life in the pages of a book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/smaug-sculpture.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-86322 no-lazyload\" alt=\"smaug sculpture\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/smaug-sculpture-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/smaug-sculpture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/smaug-sculpture-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/smaug-sculpture-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>We all know, of course, that Tolkien&#8217;s characters and locations spring vividly to life in the imagination, whenever his books are read.\u00a0One artist, however, has taken that a step further, and created a sculpture of Smaug from the pages of a copy of <em>The Hobbit<\/em>.\u00a0The scaly, menacing dragon leers around the cover of the book, seeking a tiny Bilbo, who cowers under his searching gaze. 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