A dear friend of mine, is holding an exhibition of Altered books at her shop Whirling Rainbow in Otaki. Since I was the one who introduced her to altered books, she has asked me for a loan of my books to be part of the display.
Here is a glimpse of the many altered books I have in my collection.
My very first book had a theme of “MAGIC” and is still my favourite book, of all of them. The date on the inside cover is 2003, and I’ve been marvelling at what we achieved with very little in the way of supplies.
This was the first altered book round robin I was in, and I remember the excitement as each book arrived in the post.
Not only that but with a deadline to work to, I churned out a lot more art in those early days 
Everything was fresh and new, pop outs and tags, flaps and pockets. niches and charms
We explored stamps and all the different kinds of embellishments that go with them….
glitter, embossing enamel and so on.
I gave my next book and ocean theme, and attached swaps from Yahoo groups. I discovered the world of altered art online…wow! and supply shops! everywhere.
These are altered postcards from an Artchix swap, sadly the online group no longer exists, but the shop that sold such amazing collage sheets and other tempting bits and bobs is still going strong.
Various other books include the red book, and the circus book, a hard cover book with the theme of spring
and then I moved on to Fat books and online swaps through various online yahoo groups.
It’s been great looking back and seeing how far I have come.
2 comments:
Really impressive stuff Corrine, I can imagine how gorgeous the paper feels.
Beautiful work - thanks for sharing :-)
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