Altered books @ TSCPL  
September 27 – November 7, 2008
              
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Now in its 2nd year, the altered books project at TSCPL invited participants to express their creativity and recycle at the same time. Staff members Brea
Black and Kate Hughes taught a workshop in August that introduced techniques and materials that could be used to turn a discarded book into a work of art. At the end of the workshop, participants selected a book and were given a month to complete their altered book.

The books used for this project were library discards that were destined to be recycled. No circulating books and no books that could be sold at the Friends
book sale or in the Booktique were used for this project.

To learn more about altered books, visit the website for the International Society of Altered Book Artists at: http://www.alteredbookartists.com

For more information on altered books, check out these resources:
Altered art: techniques for creating altered books, boxes, cards & more
Altered book collage
Altered books, collaborative journals, and other adventures in bookmaking
Altered books workshop
The complete guide to altered imagery: for collage, altered books, artists journals, and more
The decorated page: journals, scrapbooks & albums made simply beautiful
New directions in altered books