Altered Silver - project_alteredtext

ATC : A Cup of Altered Text

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:30:00 -0600

Here's a little fun activity I've been intending to do for a long time: altered text ATCs. Thanks to a recent discussion on the AlteredText Yahoogroup, I found the inspiration to give it a go.

The process begins with pages torn from an old paperback book, then large areas of text are snipped out approximately ATC-size, and affixed to cardstock with acrylic medium. The text is selected, then decorated. The cards…

Info: What is Altered Text?

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Sat, 13 May 2006 13:35:00 -0500

The term "altered text" refers to the creative process of modern-day palimpsest which gained popularity through the success of Tom Phillips's pioneering treatment of W.H.Mollock's A Human Document which then became: "A Humument."

How does altered text differ from "found text"?
Unlike "found text" (in which printed text items are cut, rearranged and glued to a new location), the process of altering text involves highlighting (wanted) and obscuring (unwanted) words, phrases…

AltTxt : The Process

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:20:00 -0600

When my altered text book project tale last left off, I was unhappy with Page 170. Within a few days of that entry, the page was corrected, but it's taken me until now to post about the new results.

Fixing Page 170
I covered the too-yellow gouache with gesso, then started over again with an ochre watercolor. I used colored pencil to add definition and smooth out the rough spots. I'm…