Altered Silver - art_books

AltTxt2 : "Love repeats"

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:46:00 -0600

While "Odyssey" is still underway, I've made a start on a second altered text project which I'll be working on in conjunction with the AlteredText Yahoogroup. Each month, we'll be focusing on altering four pages from Catching The Light by Susan Pope. I don't know if I'll be able to work on all four pages each month, but we'll see how it goes.

Having some time away from the studio and…

Project : Angels Among Us - early spreads

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:53:27 -0600

This altered book project, Angels Among Us (named after the title of the book), is really just an excuse for me to play with colors. It's a small (5x8", 127 pages) hardcover with many Gustave Doré woodcuts and various clip art angels used as spot illustrations. This book found its way to me by being a remainder under $2 that I selected sight unseen, solely on the basis of its title…

Project: Celebration of Angels - Color and pockets

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:05:00 -0600

For less than $2, as a remainder, I picked up a copy of Celebrities and Their Angels by Pat Montandon. Although some of the material the book contains is attractive and interesting, much of it is less than memorable. I decided to alter this book to hold some of the myriad angel imagery that I've been collecting for many years and re-title it: Celebration of Angels.

Because this is strictly a…

Project: Altered Text

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:35:00 -0600

With so many altered art and collage projects in hand, it's a challenge to try to chronicle each of them. I have been intending to write about this particular "altered text" project for some while. Today seems a good day to launch into it at last, although I only have one photo ready to show of it at this time.

This project is being done after the spirit of Tom Phillips's…

Library book sale

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:25:00 -0600

FINALLY! At long last, the local library held their annual book sale. I only had about an hour since I had to cram the time in between a bunch of other things, but I made good use of the time I had. I picked up hardback books of various sizes that begged to be altered and others (hardback and paperback) that wanted to donate text and pictures to the cause.

If…

Angels & Aliens project

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:10:00 -0500

I now have seven images completed in this altered project, ~~and I've begun an Angels & Aliens photo album to display them.~~ Angels are a favored motif of mine, and when I saw the title of this book (which I purchased as a remainder for less than $2), I knew I had to fill it with angels. (Or aliens, depending on one's viewpoint.)

Essentially, I'm turning the novel into a sketchbook,…

Composition Book Blues II

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:25:00 -0500

I was embarking on a new project, to make a quick, daily collage in the spirit of a "gesture drawing." I wanted to keep all these collages together in the same spot, but after putting the first collage into a composition book, I discovered that the composition book just wasn't going to work out for me. Others seem to be having good results with them, but I simply couldn't accept the…

Composition Book Blues I

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:50:00 -0500

Why are so many people using composition books for their gluebook support?

In USA, composition books are a familiar item most of us have grown up with. They're about 7.5" x 9.75" and usually contain 50 sheets of paper folded in half (for 100 pages), with center-sewn binding and a foldover chipboard cover (typically with a black/white mottled pattern). That seems all well and good for writing on with a ballpoint…

The F&W Discovery

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:55:00 -0500

The plans for the 6x6 were shaping up, and I realized I was about to collide with one of the biggest differences between physical and virtual materials. Aside from how virtual materials never run out or spoil (and virtual brushes never need cleaning), the virtual paints also never actually get wet and therefore don't need time to dry. Physical materials, however, would need drying time. As one who was very accustomed…

First Book Acquisition

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:50:00 -0500

Most of my altered art acquisition shopping has been with online stores, but the initial excursion was to a brick and mortar store: a nearby crafts chain called Michael's. I took $100 with me that day, but spent only about half of it. There were too many decisions to be made, most for which I wanted more time to consider or more research.

I was encountering frequent "sticker shock" while looking…