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An '''altered book''' is a ] ] form using old hard cover ]s and altering them by cutting, folding, tearing, painting, gluing and otherwise changing the structure of the original book to result in something new and different. An '''altered book''' is a form of ] that changes a book from it's original form into something else.

see also: Altered_books
An Altered Book ] takes a book (old, new, recycled or multiple) and cuts, tears, glues, burns, folds, paints, adds to, collages, rebinds, gold-leafs, creates pop-ups, rubber-stamps, drills, bolts, and be-ribbons it. They add pockets and niches to hold tags, rocks, ephemera...any three-dimensional object. Some change the shape of the book, or use multiple books in the creation of their finished piece of art.

Old, or ] art is frequently used, probably because it is easier to avoid copyright issues. Altered Books are shown and sold in art galleries and on the ]. They are sometimes referred to as ].


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An altered book is a form of artwork that changes a book from it's original form into something else.

An Altered Book artist takes a book (old, new, recycled or multiple) and cuts, tears, glues, burns, folds, paints, adds to, collages, rebinds, gold-leafs, creates pop-ups, rubber-stamps, drills, bolts, and be-ribbons it. They add pockets and niches to hold tags, rocks, ephemera...any three-dimensional object. Some change the shape of the book, or use multiple books in the creation of their finished piece of art.

Old, or Victorian art is frequently used, probably because it is easier to avoid copyright issues. Altered Books are shown and sold in art galleries and on the Internet. They are sometimes referred to as mixed media.

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