A few years ago I heard about "altered books" for the first time. At once my curiosity was tickeled, and my mind started to play with the two words - altered book........what could that be? No dictionary could give me the answer, and still, years later, I have no Norwegian word for this.
My curiosity has lead me around though, I have read about altered books, I have seen photos, I have even taken part in a project myself, by sending words and photos to an "altered book artist", dear Ardi in US.
During all these years I've been wanting to make my own altered book. Ideas have been floating around, but somehow the last step has been missing:
I want my first Altered Book to be a piece of art!
I have no idea how to make my first Altered Book a Piece of art.
I can sit here untill my fingers glue together and my face turns blue......but will it help? Will it waken my creative altered book muse, give her enough spirit to start working on MY Piece of Art Altered Book?
I realised today that I need the help of my wonderful, creative circle of readers. Help from YOU. I have filled a basket with a red marbelled book from 1958 (the year I was born), a photo album with portraits of relatives long gone, a pile of magazines from the 1950ies, a cardboard file with music sheets from my grandpa Benjamin, some old worn out hymn books, old letters, glue, ribbons, colours.......... perfect stuff to make My Piece of Art Altered Book.
.......BUT I NEED YOUR HELP...........ideas, suggestions, hints, help, how to start, what about the next step, where to go, theme for the book, theme for the project..............My fingers are iching to start, PLEASE COME TO MY RESCUE.
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While my mind is busy making sketches for the Altered Book (with your help), I'll make a couple of pages in my scrap book. Theme: myself
These images show a few photos from my first years. Again I need your help. How can I make a nice page, or actually two nice pages out of these photos?
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I will let you know how my Piece of Art Altered Book project unfolds..............
