I am so excited. Went to the local church Spring Fair, and discovered an absolute gem of a book just screaming to be turned into an altered book. It is a whopping 1745 pages long, has colour illustrations and is in great condition.
The best thing is that it has a screwed down spine, so removing pages from the book to make room for the work within and still have the covers stay flat is going to be a dream. Pictures below show it in its natural state...
I am about to start on it, and I will post photos as I go. Look out for posts on Websters altered book, if you are interested....
Here’s a few scans of my paintings and mixed media work- I paint them into an altered book, which ends up being an art book full of different ideas and themes- this is one of my favourite things to do as it is very portable. Ro Bruhn started me off on this project when I did a workshop at her studio in Melbourne, and I am always adding and changing the pages as I find and add-in interesting papers or draw something onto the pages. Have a look at her blog if you want to look at other altered books... http://robruhn.blogspot.com/
