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Altered book tutorial
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2011
About this lesson
Shows how to turn a thrift-store hardback into an altered art journal: checking for a sewn binding, tearing out about half of each signature to make room for layers, gessoing pages, then building them up with collage, paint and text. Photographed at each stage.
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