Altered Books (M4 Chpt 7)

I found a number of ways to make alterations to books: folding pages, drawing over pages, pop up pages and altering the book either through cutting through the pages or building on the surface of the page. Although the main aim of this chapter was to simply look at ideas I found it impossible to resist the lure of doing a little book altering myself.

Working over text:

Lots of really good ideas for this on the internet either leaving various bits of text visible or simply using the page as a basis for drawing:

Despite not really doing much with this idea in module 2, I was encouraged to have a go this time round with a little more enthusiam:

A particularly steamy page merited flames

Folded Pages

I found some beautiful sophisticated approaches to folding (and cutting I expect) pages. However didn't have the patience to work through an idea at this time:

I think these last two examples are quite beautiful and may have a go at the idea when I've figured out how the folds really work.


Pop up
Lots of really good things here ranging from the simple to the complex. I had a quick go at this because it was impossible to resist the temptation:

Having a go:

Quick drawing pencil then ink and washed over:

Then using tabs to adhere to page

Three dimensional and cutting into books: 

I love this!!!!!

This is fantastic

Had a very quick go at this, with plenty of ideas to come back to and do something more complex. A YouTube video was most useful in explaining the technique: I made a three layer cut, working from the base forwards and using mount card in between layers to make sure not to cut through the original layers (I worked that bit out myself - fortunately not the hard way). I left 4 - 6 pages clear in between each layer to give a lift to each layer, although I think more layers are necessary the closer you come to the foreground of your design.