Check out the crowd-sourced sculptures created at the Hillsdale Free Public Library.
These sculptures are suspended from the library’s 3rd floor over the flex space on the 2nd floor. All community members are invited to participate in these creative efforts.
The most recent project was “BoardUm,” showcased at the library’s 2025 New Jersey Makers Day. This sculpture was made from gear-shaped, pre-cut corrugated cardboard pieces that were decorated by patrons with drawings and photos of family and pets and then attached and glued together
What will be our next project?
Gallery of suspended sculptures @ HFPL
BoardUm (2024) 
Suspense Novel (2022)* 
Geared Up (2017) 
Cereal Killer (2014) 
Up In the Air (2013) 
90 LB Test (2012)
*Suspense Novel
Step 1:
Patrons brought paper tubes to the library.
Step 2:
Patrons wrote a word along the length of the tube.
Step 3:
Volunteers assembled the tubes into sentence sculptures.
Step 4:
Sentences were suspended from the 3rd floor, creating a “novel”.
Read the “novel”:
The bracelet quickly darkened and she stopped.
He told me sometimes that tale makes Samantha shiver heartily.
She ran quickly through Trepidation Alley panting loudly.
The happiness fleeting and exhausted.
He promised it was gold but it tarnished. Liar!
Her mind twisted grimly with dark thoughts of revenge.
Brother Joe walked slowly behind.
A cozy cat ran circles by the black black beach.
School can be skipped for a day.
Most important: pancakes!
Of course it was real spooky.
Mia drank too much water, luckily not coffee.
Blank space stared back.
Terrible deeds of malice showed up.
Something wasn’t exactly right today.
Life needs one to look deeper.
Running from the evil characters makes charismatic changes to one’s mind.
Samantha now realized that she needed a more secure living space.
When isn’t snow welcomed?
When spring and summer are upon us, the animals roam when the sun is vibrant.
The sidewalk heated up when under my worn out shoes.
The same monotonous walk felt different recently.
Something must have changed.
The increased security didn’t seem real.
The past represented something much more meaningful.
There was something symbolic about it.
It felt like a cliche novel.
I felt more at home the further I was from my original mark.
I searched for a better place to live; however, my search was not producing the results I desperately desired.
Then I stumbled upon a beautiful borough called Hillsdale.
Though in mortal danger, was still unaware!
Time flew, with no clues of what was coming.
Her location – compromised. Not just by one person, but the whole group.
Today, she figured it all out.
Samantha was strolling when she noticed him standing right under the lamppost.
It wasn’t brother Joe.
It wasn’t the cat.
It wasn’t even the breakfast or missing gold.
It was a ferocious enemy. Wait who now?