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) 

Mixed Media Collaboration

Everything from painted papers, collage elements, hand-made stencils, and sewing through with embroidery floss... can make this artist very content. 

Enjoy! 

Altered Tea-bags

art project.

materials needed:
tea bag
poly-fill
stapler 
paints (acrylic)
stamps
collage elements
baker's twine 

process:
1. Collect "used" tea-bags.
2. Carefully remove the staple, shake out tea leaves/herbs, and once emptied- lay out to dry. 
3. Paint, stamp, draw, collage, and be creative with the tea bags. 
4. Cut pieces of baker's twine for the tiny tea tag- create your own. 
5. Fill with poly-fill.
6. Fold at top, be sure to tuck in twine its tag, then staple shut. 

ENJOY! 

ART Bundle Collaboration

Joined a group of artists to create and circulate, by mail, an artist bundle. 

ARTIST BUNDLES: 
The mystery and beauty of these sticks is that they contain the wishes and dreams of everyone who "adds" to them. 
Full of positive thoughts and love.
The inspiration came from Seth Apter, which the group requested permission to add their version of the BUNDLE to create the group swap. 

ENJOY! 

Song of the Sea...

mixed-media 

A storm of blue hues piled on top of collected vintage papers, 
which overlapped and got washed up onto shore... with a charcoal illustration. 

coffee anyone...?

altered coffee filters

who would have ever thought... coffee could be so colorful & playful.

Fun with Chalk

grabbed chalk, acrylic paint, and a chipboard planel...

the rest was just pure fun. 

ENJOY

A Puzzle Set...

altered. collaborated. completed. 
Here at The Studio- artist lounge FB group- our artist community pulled together
another AMAZING swap/trade. 

 Here are the remaining puzzle pieces I altered for the trade.