The unfolding tale of Silver and his adventures in the altered arts including altered books, altered text and mixed media stuff. http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/technique-niche/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:06:08 -0600 All Rights Reserved http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/08/06/building-a-niche-block.html http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/08/06/building-a-niche-block.html noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) Art:Process Project:F&W Technique-Niche Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:35:13 -0500 Along the way, I decided I had better build a block in one of the F&Ws before I'd sealed too many page-pairs to leave any room for one. Block-building in preparation for a niche is a technique which could be considered to be <I>du rigeur </I>in altered books, although of course, there are no rules and blocks/niches aren't necessary unless the artist wants them. Well, I wanted one, at least one.&#8230;