Tera Leigh: Altered Book Projects

Portfolio - Altered Book Projects

An altered books is created by taking an old used book and glue sections together, paint on it, etc. and recycle it into a new book or other artwork. The first book shown was altered to create a memoir of the first seven years of my relationship with my husband. The book on this page was originally about 250 pages. The completed "altered" book is about 20 pages. The book at the bottom of this page has been altered into two sections with cut outs for 3-D objects.

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This is the first altered book shrine I created. The book is glued to stand open as a display piece or shrine. There are three cut out sections inside the book in which the letters, an art "doll", a card, etc. are glued.

This is the back of the Femme display/shrine book. It is painted in acrylic paints with clip art, magazine clippings, misc. paper pieces and leaves are glued on for decoration.

Altered art round robin for Belle Papier group.

One of the content pages. This book is about creativity and the things that inspire artists.

Paper doll inside book. Legs fold up into book to close. Doll cut out of card stock. Colored with ink and colored pencils. "Hair" is torn tissue paper.

This page is for a serial-robin from Pam Yee. It utilizes signatures from a dictionary. I chose three terms. This one is for the "dragonfly" entry.

Sukie's book - paper napkin decoupage, paint, etc.

More from Sukie's book. Inspirational quote.

Sukie's book is about inspirational women. These pages were about Freida Kahlo.