Added on 11/22/07
Altered art, in all its different guises, has certainly taken the art & craft world by storm over the last couple of years. There are now dozens of books (not to mention hundreds of websites, blogs, and Yahoo groups) which cater for all those...
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Altered art, in all its different guises, has certainly taken the art & craft world by storm over the last couple of years. There are now dozens of books (not to mention hundreds of websites, blogs, and Yahoo groups) which cater for all those interested in altered art, and altered books probably still remain the most popular out of the many things that can be turned into art. If this is not your first foray into altering, then chances are you already own some of these books, have been to the websites (such as ISABA), and are a member of some of the many online groups. If you fit this category, then to be perfectly honest, you probably won't find much that is new in Barbara Matthiessen's book. For a book that is coming a good two years behind some of the well-known ones in the 'altered book canon' (for example, titles by Holly Harrison, Bev Brazelton, Beth Cote and the Design Originals series to name but a few), I had hoped for something that pushed the boundaries a little more, rather... See less
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