Altered Silver
The unfolding tale of Silver and his adventures in the altered arts of altered books, altered text, mixed media collage & assemblage.
About Me
Categories
Art:Books
Art:Books_Manipulations
Art:Digital
Art:Preparation
Art:Process
Art:Shopping
Art:Tools
Art:Websites
Blog
Gluebook/DailyCollage (general)
Gluebook_01/06
Gluebook_08/05
Gluebook_09/05
Gluebook_10/05
Gluebook_11/05
Gluebook_12/05
GlueCards_01/06
GlueCards_02/06
GlueCards_03/06
GlueCards_04/06
Group:Artwords
Group:IllustrationFriday
Informational
Project:6x6
Project:A&A
Project:AAU
Project:AlteredText
Project:AlteredText1
Project:AlteredText2
Project:APoH
Project:ATCs
Project:BBB
Project:CofA
Project:F&W
Project:F&W_Echo
Project:F&W_Joy
Project:F&W_RedPages
Project:F&W_VerySpecial
Technique-Leaves
Technique-Niche
Technique-Papers
Technique-Sanding
Technique-Transfer
Silver's Glossary
A simple glossary of lesser-known acronyms and terms used in my blog. (Click each item for some details.)
6x6 = my first book project
A&A = Angels & Aliens
AAU = Angels Among Us
APoH = A Piece of Heaven
ATC = Artist Trading Card
CofA = Celebration of Angels
F&W = Funk and Wagnalls
PTT = Pleasures To Treasure
Tip-in = a cleverly inserted item
Silver's Articles
Informational (and possibly editorial) mini-essays related to aspects of paper arts.
1. What is a Gluebook?
2. Junk Mail as Art Material
3. What is Altered Text?
Other Altered Text sites
* A Humument (The Master: Tom Phillips)
A Cup of Sky (Karen Hatzigeorgiou)
A Humument (@ Tom's website)
A Humument (sample pages)
A Humument (version comparisons)
A Whim (alteredtome)
AlterNation (Vanessa Barger)
Cloud Atlas (Kat)
Dreams (Carolyn McComas)
Logolalia Altered Book Collaborative
MadMe Journals (Kim)
Making It Up (Jill)
My Humument (aquayong)
Recycled Words (Will Ashford)
Reincarnation (Bus Stop)
The Art of Happiness (Karen Hatzigeorgiou)
The N Testament (Jeremy Dennis)
The Neglible (Maz)
Yahoogroup [AlteredText]
Other Knights of the Altered Arts
Anado McLauchlin (assemblage)
book (collaboration exhibit)
Brian Sawyer (altered book)
Christopher Bales (assemblage)
Clovis Crummett (assemblage, collage)
Dan Essig (book arts)
David Bradley (collage, painting, sculpture)
David Caspar (altered books, collage)
David Lee Hallmark (altered books, collage, assemblage)
deleteyourself (gluebook)
Doug Beube (book arts)
Frank Turek (assemblage, altered books)
Fred Free (collage, gluebooks)
Geof Huth (mail art, collage)
James Darden (Oil Covered Hands)
James Michael Starr (collage, assemblage)
Jesse S. Clark (book arts, collage, gluebooks)
Jim Rosenau (book arts)
Jonathan Talbot (collage, murals)
Kevin Mergen (altered books, collage)
Lohan Gunaweera (altered books, collage)
Mark Crummett (assemblage, sacred objects)
Michael deMeng (assemblage, sacred objects)
Paul Browning (altered books, assemblage, collage)
Paul Jackson (Nahpro collage)
Phap Boy (altered books, altered arts)
Randel Plowman (collage-a-day)
Richard Salley (masterful collage)
Ron Huxley (altered books, collage, galleries)
Steven Gilbar (altered books, collage)
Tom Phillips (altered text Master)
Tracy Moore (journals, bookmaking)
Wayne Bertola (assemblage, collage)
William Seymour (altered books)
Books about Altered Art
Good reading, good info. Select a book for a small review and relevant links.
A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel, Fourth Edition
Altered Book Collage
Altered Books Workshop: 18 Creative Techniques for Self-Expression
Creative Paper Art Techniques for Transforming the Surface
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Recent Posts
AltTxt1 : "working working"
AltTxt2 : Digital/Physical challenge
CofA: Additional Assembly
AltTxt1: "fervent hope"
AltTxt: "he knows no problem"
F&W : Sponge-wipe background
CofA : Further Assembly
AAU : angels transcend
blog : Of mice and men
ATC : Latte?
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Resources & Techniques
* COLOURlovers (color palettes)
* Exploring Color & Creativity (Nita Leland art blog)
* Lines and Colors (art blog)
* The Muse (Volcano Arts zine)
* The Painter's Keys (Robert Genn)
Angi-B & Co
ATCs - Art in Your Pocket
Book Arts Web
CollageArt.org
Dragonhome
Go Make Something (Lisa Vollrath - registration required)
Int'l Society of Altered Book Artists
Robert Sabuda (paper engineering)
The Altered Diva
Trish Bee Design Archives
Altered Eye Candy
1000 Journals (massive public art project)
Aisling d'Art (collage, art journals)
Alchemy Notebook (very cool "imaginary" book)
An Altered Journal Journey (blog/art)
Book of Stars & Star Diary (awesome "imaginary" books)
Corinne Stubson (altered books, gluebooks, techniques)
Dale Copeland (assemblage, collage)
Dentan's ATC & Collage Galleries
Donna Engstrom (altered books, assemblage, collage)
Flickr Pool: Altered Books
Global Collage (multi-artist gallery)
Ingrid Dijkers (altered books, collage)
Jane Wynn's Studio (assemblage, collage)
Janet Jones (collage, assemblage)
Jen Minnis (altered books. collage, other)
Karen's Whimsy (altered books & more, with tech tips)
Kathy Wasilewski (altered books, collage)
Lisa Kokin (altered books, book arts)
Michelle Ward (collage, altered art)
PaperArtyst (altered books, gluebooks, galleries)
Su Blackwell (altered books, book arts)
Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord's Spirit Books (book arts)
Teesha Moore (art journal, collage)
Violette (bold inspiration)
Whole Life Mastery (altered books,gluebooks)
