How To Tell An Altered Book Story 101

 Let Us Begin...

Make no jugement. Do not get too attached. 

Decided if the book is possible to alter.

    Perhaps read a few pages... get to know the story. 

Peel the signatures from the spine... 

Remember you will give this book a whole new meaning. 

Don't drowned yourself in too much thought... 

Remind yourself, you are not preparing this for the Queen. 

Process your creative play without leaking any self doubt!

Lead with the heart.

Have fun and don't let anything slow you down.

Take a DEEP breath or maybe two!! 

Don't EVER be fooled by what you see... 

Grab yourself a cup of tea. The end is almost near.. 

Hope you enjoyed the story!

This inspires you to alter an old book.

To work through the process... 

and

create new life to an abandoned, unloved book. 

MATERIALS USED:

(for this altered-book mixed-media project)

1- used book

card-stock paper

tags (shipping tags)

painted papers - my personal studio collection 

collage elements - personal collection 

paper stencils - my personal hand-crafted stencils

rubber stamps (Roben-Marie collection) 

washi tape (unknown)

matte medium (adhesive) 

acrylic paints (Liquitex Basics)

oil pastels (Portfolio Series) 

Studio Time

 Collecting thoughts... 

Working through torn pages, painted papers, visiting old collage bits 

- all coming together to celebrate a unity; altering an old book. 

Left behind, read countless times, favored by some, and now found 

at my local library for 10 cents.

This story had just begun!

 

wrapping myself in color...

 pocketbook- art project 

Where you will find me these days... all wrapped up in color. 

Creating fun, artful projects for the pure joy and happiness it brings me. 

The thought of, "because I can!" comes to mind. 

No pressure. 

No rules.

With this state of mind, comes a certain "freedom".

It reflects in our artwork, don't you think? 

This pocketbook project will be shared among our art community HERE 

for an exciting event being scheduled this month. 

As we exchange our talents within the group, we also are building friendships.

Amazing right? 

Playing with paper, paint and making friends along the way... 

Life is beautiful, life is full of color. 

materials used:

recycle envelopes- junk mail

cardboard

painted paper

rubber stamps

acrylic paint 

glue stick 

  

wrap yourself in color. 

pen pal project in the making...

pocket book 

upcoming event in our group- The Studio- artist community

Honestly... is there anything more inspiring than creating something 

with your hands and heart?! 

I am working extra hard on this SPECIAL project.
Creating an art demonstration of this pocket book, tweaking a few steps along the way, altering materials, and time duration; wish to make sure this art project (pocket book) will work for the group. Last, I will work on a simple binding for this book.  

Love the direction this art project is taking me... matter of fact, I just know this will be treasured once received. 

DO CHECK BACK, I will share a material list and the finish project in an upcoming post.

Isn't it exciting to get your hands and heart filled with colorful ideas? 

Interested in joining in the fun? It all starts here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheStudioAprilCole

art bound book- a project success

art book
complete and bound together.

my little joy of papers all textured, layers, and hand-sewn with care. 

thoughts of this project:

creating this art book was a wonderful experience.

this one I will carry forward to other art challenges along the way, as I continue exploring outside my boundaries. 

enjoy!

my little joy of papers all textured, layered and hand-stiched with love. 

work in progress...

art book 
designed with coffee stained paper, layered paint, joint compound applied for distinct texture,and inked stenciled patterns... all coming together to create this book. 

This art book project has been inspired from a recent "Paper Ephemera Project/Swap" 
I Hosted for our artist community here- The Studio. 
Once we received our paper goodies, we were to create something from the collection, which the prior artist had treasured.

This project has been time consuming, I will admit. 
Applying layer upon layer, on such delicate book pages... can be a challenge all it's own. 
Patients must be practiced during the different stages of the layering. 
The last part of the journey has arrived... binding everything together to create the art book. 

Wish me luck!!

I will post more on the art book completed and bound together.