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Anyone here? Book closure techniques.

2008-04-12T13:21:29Z

Hi everyone! I'm new to altered books and just beginning my first one. It is going to be quite thick, so I wanted to get advice on closures you've tried. I'm thinking of making a ribbon closure attached to the front and back covers, but I'm worried it won't be sturdy enough. Although this isn't a closure, I think this doorknob idea http://www.paperclipping.com/2007/08/24/featured-project-dedra-longs-altered-book/ is soooo neat. Please share your ideas with the newbie. Thanks.

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Binding

2007-11-30T01:50:31Z

Hello All,

I wanted to bind a journal and I was wondering which stitch I should use to make the journal lay flat. Is it codex? Anyways, any help would be great. Thank you

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The symbol of ST. JOHN is the eagle, because from first to last his Gospel soars on eagle's wings to the very throne of heaven

2007-11-07T18:32:11Z

http://www.messiahlutheransterling.org/symbol24.asp

The symbol of ST. JOHN is the eagle, because from first to last his Gospel soars on eagle's wings to the very throne of heaven. The figures near the bottom of each window are merely decorative.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-14, NKJV).

Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” (John 20:17, NIV).

This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true. Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. (John 21:24-25, ESV).

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inspiration

2007-09-27T08:39:10Z

I really want to do this, I got a childrens old board book, i took off all the shiny pages.
I look at it and think, of what's next. Creativity is escaping me, please please nudge me somewhere, anywhere.

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Hello All

2007-08-11T22:56:37Z

Just joined and I'm so happy that I found a tribe for altered books. I've just recently started cutting out (punn intended) some serious time for this art. I love it! So relaxin' :)

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My new web site

2007-06-29T02:16:26Z

I just want to let everyone know that I have done a lot of work uploading work to my new web site devoted to my art work.

www.webspawner.com/users/mrkoold/index.html

Charles

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Bay Area

2007-05-08T20:26:23Z

Hi -

To my fellow Bay Area folks, are there any Altered Books (or similarly themed) classes out there? Thanks!

Denise

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altering book into an art journal

2007-04-02T01:55:13Z

I've played around with book altering for a while and recently have enjoyed reading what is written on this tribe site. My new project, that I've been preparing for, is the altering of an old book specifically as an art journal for the upcoming new year. No more art journalling in a blank journal for me.

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The lure of read-made materials

2007-03-30T22:19:10Z

I can't help but feel kindof sad about all the ready-made materials that are available for assemblage artists now. The same "vintage" ephemera printed by the hundreds and stacked on shelves at craft stores or sold online so we can make "unique" art, calling to mind travel and life experience and times past.

If its supposed to call those things to mind, why are we buying this stuff at wal-mart? Why aren't we living, traveling (it doesn't matter if you go to Europe or your local coffee shop, just got somewhere) and gathering things from our own lives? That is what makes these objects so rich! That they were collected by a real person who took notice of a crumped bit of trash or an old stamp or one of those nobody-knows-who-this-is-anymore old photos in an antique store.

How do you balance the alure of seeing something on the shelf at the craft store--oh, wouldn't that lend some magic to my work!--and really finding things that have real magic?

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just a question

2007-03-22T18:49:42Z

I'm currently using an old (but sturdy) book for altering, journalling and some scrapbooking in. Most of the text of the book (70's decorating tips) has not been something I have found interesting enough to alter and "play with" for a finished page. I have, however, been covering the pages with construction papers or other decorative papers to produce blank surfaces to work on. I don't have many paints, etc. to cover the surface, but I would welcome any ideas people may have for "covering" pages and making them more interesting surfaces to work on/ with. Thanks.

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Overcutting (Clear Cutting)

2007-01-11T16:25:15Z

At the library bookstore last week I found one of a multi-volume set from 1904 with those old pictures. It was only after I tore out half the pages, that I realized the top edge was gilt. Okay, I think it's funny rather than a disaster, I could always buy another volume if I was set on it, but now I'm wondering what that top edge may look like with intermixed pages. At least I saved all those cool animal pictures!

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what to do.......

2006-11-12T14:09:06Z

Hi all,
I am new to the group and to altered books in general. I love soome of the techniques i have seen, and think it is something i could really get into, I already do a number of crafts and art things, and am an oil painter, so i am anxious to get started. Two questions: first, are there any tips for a total newcomer that some veterans would like to share? and Second, what do people tend to do with the books once finished? I could see myself running out of space in my house, do people display them, gift them, etc?
thanks
katie

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Help with books with damaged bindings - only want covers

2006-11-11T02:26:11Z

I just picked up about a dozen great old (1880-1910) books with lovely romantic cover illustrations. They were super cheap because the bindings are damaged -- the pages are about to separate (or have started to already) from the bindings. I'd like to replace the interiors with well-bound pages, not too many, because I want to use them to make wedding books: altered scrapbooks, guest books, vow books, or for romantic gifts. I'm not a bookbinder so anything along that line would have to be simple.

Another related problem: for wedding guest books, I'd like the books to remain flat when open but spiral bindings are so cheesy looking.

Weird question, but maybe someone out there has a few hints........

thanks!

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Call for Artists

2006-07-09T00:28:44Z

Call for Artists
L.A. 225
Los Angeles Through the Eyes of Artists

In commemoration of the City of Los Angeles' 225th birthday in
September of 2006, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument will
present, L.A. 225, an exhibit that explores the cultural, political,
social, historical and geographical landscapes of Los Angeles as seen
through the eyes of artists. Artists are invited to submit works of any
medium that reflect their perception of the City of Los Angeles.
Deadline for entries is August 3, 2006. For more information, please
contact curator Marianna Gatto at mariann.gatto@lacity.org.

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Looking for hinges

2006-06-29T06:13:02Z

So I went to Hobby Lobby this weekend, with the main idea of picking up Gesso and decorative, not necessarily functional, tiny hinges.

I found big functional ugly hinges. I found miniscule doll house hinges, I found really great stickers, but only of locks and keys, no hinges.

Suggestions?

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does anyone

2006-05-30T22:54:40Z

use rubber stamps in their altered books? i was just looking at the pics in the rubber stamping tribe album and saw some nice pieces. i invited the person whose work it is, but wondered who else uses them?

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Pens

2006-05-28T18:58:44Z

OK. I need to know which brand of pens to get because the last ones I bought really did not perform as advertised.

I've been working on an altered book where all the base pages are black, and I need pens that can write on black paper.

I used to have a collection of great roller ball gel ink pens specificially designed to write on black paper (they came with a black book), but they got used up a long time ago. I couldn't find them, so I bought a different set that was more marker like, but the only thing I could really find that wasn't $30 for a small set. They just barely show up at all, are very dark, instead of vibrant and bright, and have absolutely no metallic tinges to them at all.

So, suggestions? Anyone else work with light pens on dark paper?

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need help, new to site and books

2006-05-27T21:23:35Z

I saw these books so I am trying to be creative but need some help. I have bought old books at goodwill. Painted and glazed over the book names and golded the paper edges with rub N buff, Bought some old hardware to attach to the binding, like escutcheons and drawer pulls. Now what? What should I use to attach the metal to the books and is there anything else that I am missing? A varnish or something? Thanks

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materials question

2006-05-13T19:06:04Z

so much of my inspiration has gone to waste cuz i don't know the right adhesive, sealant, bonder,etc.

what's yours?
lay it on me, thick!

xoxo-
kt

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My first 3 ATCs

2006-05-12T20:55:57Z

I recently tried my hand at these miniature portable works of art. My first 3 feature Annie Sprinkle, so be warned - they might be considered graphic. (Covering my ass)

http://www.picturetrail.com/spacey

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some of my altered pages

2006-05-07T02:58:22Z

I hope I do this right...

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/TraceyFisher/Lantern.jpg[/IMG]

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help me in seattle!

2006-05-02T05:19:09Z

Any Seattle folks, if you can participate with this i will be really, really happy. Seriously, I will DIY with you if you do this for me:

We're currently looking for volunteer instructors for this years DIY Academy. Applications are due really soon !!!MAY 8th!!!, 10 days away! You can get an application at ZAPP in the basement of the Richard Hugo House
1634 11th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122

Drop by ZAPP or log on to www.hugohouse.org/diy and you can get a PDF of the application. Some examples of great workshops would be screenprinting, art comic making, stencilling, low-cost bike repair, make your own bio-diesel, anything having to do with zines and d.i.y. publishing, etc.

Spread the word to all your friends, everyone has some interesting skills that they can teach and share with others.

We're also looking for bands and possibly a DJ that are available for DIY Academy opening night party June 21st.

DIY ACADEMY is a series of low cost workshops that can enrich your life and local Seattle culture through the do-it-yourself movement. This series will run from June - August 2006. DIY is sustainable, affirming and really fun! Every person should have a chance to use the work of their hands and minds to empower themselves. Why fill your life with only what the corporate machine can sell you?

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a question

2006-03-30T22:55:02Z

i just got some copper butterflys and flower from a friend who is moving. are there any good ways to attach them to a book and keep the book intact?

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For those new to the Altered Book as Art or therapy =)

2006-03-30T21:48:55Z

Altered Books have been around since the very first artist worked with the writer to express something more than words and images can do alone.
Since the Victorian era Altered books have become art and therapy and personal mementos - a scrapbook of the heart and mind in a way.
I started this tribe to list information, inspiration and resources for anyone interested in the Media of Altered books but am not limiting it only to books but will be including anything paper or textile even computer art - to be fluid and flexiable and use what you have or find is what makes the most meaningful art - you do not need a lot of money or time or even genius. You need only to look around and alter your perceptions of what art can be.
I hope you have fun and please share your work, experiences and dreams.

Here is a clever list of things you can do with Altering Books
From Judith Page

Altered Book Tips:

Rub linseed oil over a copy of an image or pattern (like small dotted wrapping paper). Glue w/acrylic medium over another colored image. Great translucent play on images/patterns.
Take tissue paper and coat it twice with matte medium. Let dry. paint dried tissue with transparent paints or inks. Let dry and resulting paper looks like stained glass.
Make silk paper with silk fibers meshed between two screens (like the type for windows) and then coat with wall paper paste on both sides. Hang to dry on clothesline still between the mesh.
Encase an image or object in tissue or rice paper and use in window (like glass).
Glue down a strong image or print pattern -like a block print. Crumble rice paper and spot acrylic medium on back and place glue side down over image. Dry. Paint a light acrylic wash over rice paper and the medium acts like a resist so the result is a staining. Dry. Wash second color over parts of rice paper.
Wash acrylic glaze (acrylic paint + matte medium) color over semi-transparent tracing paper. Dry. Glue paper over an image or part of an image. You can still see a hazy image thru the color. Like looking thru the world in rose or green or canary yellow glasses.
Layer coat one side of tissue paper with acrylic medium. Lay over images. Coat top with medium. Tissue is very transparent.
Crumple tissue paper. Drip dye-based inks or watercolors onto papers and shift papers so ink runs in crevasses. Dry them coat then coat with gloss or matte medium.
After you lay images down, coat papers with three to five different colored acrylic washes. (acrylic paint plus medium) Use your color sense as you lay the washes down. This isn't a huge film laid over the whole picture. Let dry between washes. When finished seal color with matte or gloss varnish. Light plays with the glazes and art seems to glow.
Use gold leaf or gold oil crayons on work. Seal with acrylic medium, then proceed with washes and paint. Scratch thru washes and glazes with sharp object and the shine form the leaf will come thru.
Take a colored copy or regular Xerox copy and coat five times with gloss medium. )Let dry between coats. Let whole thing dry overnight. Next morning gently rub paper off back of image and you have a film of your picture or image. You can glue this down, you can transfer this image to your picture by applying matte medium over back (paper-side) of image and let set up, then peel (looks like a photo transfer) or you can do this on fabric by coating image five times then gluing the last image to the fabric with the medium. Next day rub paper off back of image that is glued on fabric and seal.

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copyright issues

2006-02-17T18:38:34Z

this may sound silly; but do anybody address the issue of copyright laws.

how do i know if a picture that i want to use or a portion of a picture i want to use is copyrighted.

how about a phrase that i like?

i don't understand what i can use and what i can't use.

any help will be much appreciated.

baby dragonfly

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Memorial Books

2006-02-17T03:02:26Z

My husband died last month and I"m thinking of what art I may do to save part of him. Has anyone done a book like htis? would trying to do this right be too big a chunk to chew for my first time out?

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Paper Dolls from readers digests

2006-02-02T23:41:27Z

Does anyone remember how to make the actual paper dolls from the readers digest books? MY mother and I are trying to make them as my grandmother used to, but we cant figure out how to attach the head, etc. Thanks :) !!

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ethnic images

2006-01-17T17:26:28Z

i recently purchased a wonderful magazine that caters to altered books. but as i was looking through the book; there was not one image of people of color.

i begin to wander around some of the websites and could not find anything. i found one image cd but it seem to mainly consist of pre slaver and post slavery. and of course the famous images of rosa parks and martin luther king.

but i am looking for something that is a little more modern that reprsent the people of color. i love the images of angels and cherubs and such but they have none that are of color.

can anybody help me out with this? i really do like the idea of altered books; but it would be nice to open a magazine and see a book or two with images that represent people of color.

i even looked through a rather informative book on the subject of altered books but there were no examples of images of people of color.

i even looked in the back of the magazine at the various product companies and i could not find one that said they also have clip art or images that represent people of various ethnicites?

can anybody tell me why and how i can find images that represent more of who i am?

thank you,

baby dragonfly

p.s. i want to make a altered book that consist of my soul and spirit and esscence. with beautiful images of brown people.

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book suggestion

2006-01-17T06:34:03Z

i am new to the art of altered books. i like the idea of using it as a thereputic method.

i often don't finish my projects because i become bored or discouraged. but i have seem to take a notice in altered books. there are so many different ways to do them and i don't think i could possibly get bored with the ongling creative aspects of it.

thank you for any book suggestions

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Ebay Tips?

2006-01-15T16:43:22Z

Anyone have any tips for looking for books on ebay to work with? Obviously, typing in "big thick old damaged book" does not turn up any results.

Also, what do you use to glue pages together? Just aerosol spray glue between each layer or what?

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linseed oil information

2006-01-08T18:26:36Z

I replied to the linseed oil question but what I wrote seems to have been buried so I copied it below to send out and start the discussion up again...
Sun, December 25, 2005 - 3:03 PM new
my long detailed answer, mediums etc Re: linseed oil question
actually I am interested in this, since I have been experimenting with and testing colored pencils in a variety of brands---making artworks --intensifying my efforts/experiments and reading books on this subject since last August especially--working with colored pencils nearly daily --- so I thought I would give my insights--but encourage anyone reading this to experiment and obtain your own results---
Basically what I learned it that there are wax based colored pencils such as Prismacolor brand(Dewent and Cretacolor to name just a couple more) and there are oil based colored pencils--meaning the binder used to hold the pigment together is not wax--(these pencils are not oily to render with). The oil based colored pencils include Lyra, Van Gogh and Pablo pencils--some of the makers of these pencils also make watercolor pencils which either say watercolor or Aquarelle on each pencil---the watercolor pencils are a controlled way to use watercolor paint--they can be rendered in layers and brushed with water or dabbed with damp cotton swabs or sponges etc. The wax bound and oil bound colored pencils (non-watercolor) can be blended and glossed with odorless Turpenoid,and more finely blended with odorless mineral spirits and for the finest fine detail use rubber cement thinner aka Bestine or colorless markers found in the graphics section of art supply stores. I would not use lindseed oil to blend colored pencils due to the drying time and stickiness and the fact that there are other mediums that would produce similar results that would be easier to use to achieve the desired gloss /sealing or *bringing out the colors* ---you might try Dolands wax medium, or even faster drying waterbased acrylic glaze or acrylic medium---There are other mediums out there that will dry in about 6-8 hours (which is probably faster than lindseed oil) --such as Liquin, Liquin fine detail, Liquin gel---and other transparent gel mediums for you to investigate--acrylic and oil based, and also alkyd medium.
If you are not sure where to look for these things when visiting an arts supply store it is often useful to find a friendly store employee or read up on oil mediums and acrylic mediums on-line before you shop. There are also something called driers --Cobalt drier and Japan drier commonly available but considered toxic and difficult to use--basically they are both a thick liquid that you mix into oil based paints in very small quantities--a drop or two, to speed up drying time--since oil paints contain linseed oil the driers may be of use in just straight lindseed oil as a glaze.
Marie Kaz...

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linseed oil question

2005-12-25T23:03:26Z

hey :)

I just noticed this question by Izile at the bottom of another long thread, and was afraid it would go unnoticed ... and since i'd like to know the answer too

-----her question was---------------
I have a question/worry about the lindseed oil. I had heard about using a combination of lindseed oil and turpentine applied over prismacolor pencils to either heavy paper or photos to bring out vibrancy and make a more paint like texture. This worked great, but a few years later, when my scanned copies got eaten by a bad server, and I had to go back and rescan them, the lindseed oil had bled out excessively and turned the image and the entire sheet of paper, and those near it, yellow and funky, ruining the original.

???

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selecting a book

2005-12-10T21:02:00Z

How do you select the book to begin with? I'm new to this, and I've been experimenting with scraps and torn-out pages, but I haven't been able to select a book to really begin work on. How do things like size, thickness, age, etc play into the decision? Is the topic of the book important at all? Should the base book be interesting in its own right, or should it just be a canvas to build on?

I bought a crate of old books at a junk store, and I just can't decide. I have old books on learning to speak French, and I even have a dictionary from the early 1900s with the original owner's name written in, and a few library stamps, and even a little bug squished between the pages sometime in the last 100 years. Is it a good candidate? or should I choose something more sedate?

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STINKY books?!

2005-12-09T17:28:29Z

I found a great book to use, but it has obviously gotten wet with something...stinky. Like mildewy, outhouse-y... sewer water...?

Any ideas on what to do?

It's Tolkien's Beastiary (or something like that) - has some WAY cool sketches and diagrams inside. Large, hardbound - but the cover has also been water logged.

I've tried saturating the front cover and first couple dozen pages in Febreeze, where the stain is (not all that visible, just smells) and then weighing it down to keep it flat...but I'm not sure that's feasible for the whole book.

Also - will using something like gel medium seal the stink? I thought I'd just cut out the pictures/pages that I liked and use them in a different book.

Ideas? What do you do with a stinky (but cool) book?!!

Thx
~M

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Materials Exchange?

2005-12-09T00:34:47Z

Even before I read that stuff in the Piano Rolls thread, I'd been wondering about doing some sort of materials exchange.

I have a lot of the flat glass marbles and similier glass objects. Some plastic figurines. Glitter. Textiles--cloth and some threads. Seed beads. I'm sure there's more, but that's off the top of my head.

So, how could/should this work? What are people looking for? What do they have?

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piano scrolls

2005-12-07T03:58:59Z

I'm new to this, so this may be more common than I realize, but I got several player piano scrolls for almost nothing at a junk shop. Some even have lyrics printed to the side of the punch-outs.

If anyone wants a piece, I'd be happy to send a slice...maybe even swap for something?

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Reverse Vandalism

2005-11-26T00:27:18Z

More than 600 vandalised books are transformed into an art project.

http://www.sfpl.org/news/revvandalism.htm

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marker and prismas

2005-11-23T18:14:06Z

i keep an old book in my pack with a handful of markers and prisma color pencils handy and then hit the library for inspiration. it will be easier when the library moves back from the stripmall where it's been since renovation started.

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the new pics are so good

2005-11-22T05:00:02Z

i'd like to hear about the process.

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beautiful art

2005-11-13T19:24:42Z

found this by chance

http://www.kimberlyaustin.net/gallery/gallery01.html

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call for artists: Word Houses

2005-11-13T16:54:21Z

A friend of mine is putting on this show in San Ramon at her gallery Artescape Studios:

3rd Annual WordHouses, Visual Journals and Wild Idea Catchers Exhibition

The first exhibition for 2006 is the 3rd Annual WORDHOUSES, VISUAL JOURNALS & WILD IDEA CATCHERS exhibition. Partners Julie Valentine and elizaBeth Benson have co- produced this exhibition for the past two years as part of Phantom Galleries and The Red Dragonfly in San Jose. This year, we're pleased to bring this important "artists' process" show to Artescape Studios. This is an exhibition that celebrates the artifacts of an artists process: journals, napkins, envelopes, idea trackers and the art that is made from them. We're open to exhibiting paintings that celebrate words, art books, altered books, and journals of all kinds. Deadline to submit work for this show: December 6, 2005.

http://artescapestudios.com/event_wordhouses.htm

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New to Altered Books

2005-10-26T18:44:52Z

I just came across the idea of Altered Books while I was on vacation. If one were to buy there first book on "How to Alter Books? Name and author would be great. I really like this craft and need something to do besides needlepoint all the time.

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Using liquid "glass" as a sealer

2005-10-26T18:42:48Z

In rummaging around, I found a bottle of clear "liquid glass" stuff. Apparently it's used in faux stained glass, that is, brush-on stuff to turn plain glass into "stained" glass.

I experimented using this liquid over paper, fabric, and paint...seems to seal it well and provides a semi-gloss sealer.

Question: does this seem like a good idea? Has anyone else tried to recycle this product into use for altering books?

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Linen hinging tape

2005-10-08T17:38:11Z

Has anyone here used it and if so what do you like/dislike about it. The type I am thinking of getting is self-adhesive.

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book help

2005-09-09T22:52:00Z

Hi all, I am having aproblem with my book....I glued 3 to 4 pages together in a fairly slim , maybe 50 pages, book, all the way through it. Now the glued together pages are pulling off the back binding and falling out. Any solutions? I am new to making altered books and want to do some as Holiday gifts.
Thanks

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looking for artist

2005-09-03T01:55:31Z

I made these 35 books, blank on the inside, I screen printed a rough fleshy colored rectangle on the cover. The theme is s k i n. I have been doing mail art for some time now. I am mailing these books to artist around the world, they elaborate on them and send them back to me, I am working on finding a gallery to show the completed works, but combinding them all into one reproducable book would be ideal. This is the first time I have mailed out books, I have done postcards before and I have made several artist books, so I decided to combind my two endeavors. If you would like to participate, please email me your address.
-jasmine

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the book of bob

2005-08-24T03:56:38Z

here is my altered book in progress....

http://thebookofbob.blogspot.com/

comments are most welcome.
thank u

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selling on ebay

2005-08-02T19:35:42Z

so i looked at ebay
as was suggested for these kinds of works for sale
and i was very disappointed by the pricing
they were selling for really low
too low
did you know i read a book
10 years ago that stated
artists should pay themselves $25 an hour?
my books take around 5 hours to make
at least
and the books i saw for sale
the average price was $20
unbelievable
artists are so willing to sell hard earned work
for so cheap

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altered books as sketchbooks

2005-06-15T20:08:53Z

I teach art to high school students. I require that they keep a sketchbook. Next year instead of blank sketchbooks to purchase I thought that I might have them alter old text books to use as sketchbooks. Thought they might like to choose their absolute, most hated class and alter the text that goes along with it.
Any suggestions? Ideas? Logistical issues?

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new and a question

2005-06-14T07:59:10Z

have any of you attempted to sell
your altered books?
i have several i have made
and am interested in selling them

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links for aquiring materials

2005-06-13T08:00:32Z

http://www.sacredkitschstudio.com/
http://www.scrapsmart.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=ss&Category_Code=AE
and of course ebay has ephemera
my favorite thing to get there are scrapbooks
from earlier generations full of cards...

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Links for Altered Book info:

2005-06-12T14:56:02Z

Links for Altered Book info:
I hope you do not mind the cut and paste.
It always brings me a giggle to say that.

http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/alteredbook.html

http://www.alteredbookartists.com/

http://jennysartspace.com/alteredbooks/

http://www.artbytheyard.biz/altered_books.htm

http://www.iwasonce.com/books.html

http://www.joya-arts.com/altered_books.htm

http://www.deweydecimal.ca/do/ab/wk5.htm

http://www.trilliumprints.com/books/index.php

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2003/kikismith/

http://www.bookthink.com/0007/07alt.htm

http://collageart.org/books/

http://www.artxii.com/DW/bookarts.htm

Just for starters - feel free to add your favorite links!

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new to portland, ISO old books cheap.

2005-06-01T18:11:58Z

So I 'm new to the portland area and I had to get rid of most of my collected "junk' in order to move. Can anyone reccomend some good places to buy cheap junk and old books?

Thanks,
AMy

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Supply's,Underground zine

2005-05-17T12:06:17Z

...Jest to let you people's know...
I have gotten some wonderful book makeing supply's on E-bay. The long reach stapler is a very handy tool.. My buddy and I are starting an under ground magizine.. First were trying to collect poetery story's anything art-ful,, Then were going to make them.. Mabey sell them to re-invest in more tool's.. If we use something,,I will make it my mission to send a free copy.. publishing for any body that want's it ...We'll see if it work's out.. Lotta Love ..Chipper ..

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Posting some images

2005-04-19T22:05:16Z

I am going to post some inspiration images that you can use anyway you like in your altered book projects.
I have tons of pictures - all kinds and can scan pages of old books or fabric if you are looking for something for a project please let me know.

Just helping to turn the pages =)
~Lili

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Junk as art

2005-04-17T16:29:52Z

I was on an altered book site and I found this woman who is writing her Phd on artists that use found objects (junk) in thier work.

If you're interested in helping her visit:
http://www.rejectamenta.com/

Isn't that spiffy?

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Is this tribe dead?

2005-03-23T13:11:18Z

I hope not, because I just really got into the swing of altering and doing art journals!

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Gift

2004-09-02T12:32:10Z

I would love to make a gift for a special friend. I was thinking of a shadow box or an altered book or collage with the poem Desiterata somehow displayed. Would you have any ideas which aren't hokey that i could use to make this gift? Any I think of seem so juvinile or so, as I said, hokey. I am new to collage and altered books and I love it as a medium. ~Q~

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supplies

2004-08-31T16:03:37Z

i found a great site with alot of cool things for altered books....

http://www.sacredkitschstudio.com/

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ideas?

2004-06-01T17:33:47Z

i am thinking of producing 100 small books
i know a couple of bindings that are time consuming
so i plan to machine sew the edges or do some kind of acordion style thing
i have long sheets of paper that are about
26 by 5 inches
and i dont want to include very many pages, no more than like 10 with the bound edge
i am open to ideas does anyone know of any awesome fast binding or a way to add something to the machine stitches to fancy it up a bit. any suggestions?

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A little time away =)

2004-04-05T17:21:07Z

Sorry for my delays in replying to messages and for the lack of postings.
I have two big series of paintings that I am working on and my masterpieces of flesh (our wee ones) that take more time each day than I ever imagined!
I will be posting step by steps on the altered book proccess this week and please please feel free to post your own processes and art!
xo
~Lili

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a technical question

2004-03-31T06:16:10Z

my primary medium is large-scale collage art, but damn if this altered book idea hasn't piqued my creative interest in a wild way. (I'm already gathering materials.)

i have yet to find an adhesive with which i'm 100% happy. have any of you got any recommendations? i've got the dick blick, even, if you want to give me a page/product number. =]

thanks. and keep creating!

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Altered books as journal - creativity tools

2004-01-29T16:40:49Z

I use my Altered books to progress my collages.
I have found that if I explore and play and move through an altered book project without any judgements on the end results or expectations that even if I make a "mistake" - later on I find it has inspired a whole new wave of creativity and takes on an interesting turn.

You can use an altered book project to move you over a bump in your project, using it as a journal of sorts on the creative process and a sort of blueprint or fancy doodle pad with no limits.

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new tribes

2004-01-29T16:28:03Z

Printed Ephemera

http://printedephemera.tribe.net/

I Like Lettering

http://ilikelettering.tribe.net/

Graphic Design 21

http://graphicdesign21.tribe.net/

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