Aug 28
I wanted to make something for my friend for her birthday, so when I saw book-purses on Pinterest, it inspired me. I was trying to make a clutch purse out of a hardback book. I got some hardback books really cheaply at hte library (no, they weren’t rentals. They sell old books as a …
Apr 24
This is an altered book that I started a while ago. I’d been using different pages for different techniques, but I’d left this page, with the three cut-out alcoves alone. I wanted to work with the juxtaposition of teal with that apricot color. I love these two colors together. First I took the blue art …
Mar 24
It’s funny how sometimes the things that take you the longest are the least impressive. I spent a long time on this book. It had many different steps, from screwing the pages shut, to cutting the insert out. I agonized over every piece to put into the book. Which colors go right? Do I draw …
Jan 13
Altered Book 7Â Altered Book 6Â Altered Book 5Â Altered book 4Altered book 2 Altered book 1I started a round-robin altered book project with three other artists. Each of us chose a book and altered it in some way. I chose to alter the structure, and cut windows through the pages. I used paste and scraps of paper …
