Altered: Art Projects [Paperback]

Jill Haglund (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2007

A breathtakingly beautiful presentation of Italian marbled papers, French scripts and florals, exotic ephemera and vintage-style coffee-dyed fabrics that will lead you down the creative path to leave a legacy! Many papers are pre-collaged and printed for you to simply add your vintage photos. Ideas provide visual inspiration for you to collage an unlimited amount of your very own custom classic pages with papers and ephemera.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

Altered! Art Projects is a must-have collection of altered art featuring unique and trendy ideas. The term “altered art” conjures up different visions and ideas for every individual. Artists seem to be especially adept at finding their own characteristic meaning for anything they choose to give this name. Altered art is something that has changed from the original concept, creating something new and different. Projects featured in this book include birdhouses, shadowboxes, framed collages, scrapbook pages and much more. A simple canvas or photo can undergo complete metamorphosis, just like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Transition using distress, texture, collage, and embellishments; enclose in a frame or shadowbox and you have created altered art! It is no longer a simple canvas or photo, but your own unique creation. The piece has not only changed, but also become more meaningful—this is an artist’s gift.

About the Author

Jill Haglund, owner, operator, and Executive Director of TweetyJill Publications, thinks of herself as an artist first and a publisher second. She always affords time to dabble at craft projects here and there, even with a busy production schedule. Jill’s first  book, The Complete Guide to Scrapbooking was published in 1996, and was an overnight success for the company as one of the first instructional guides in the scrapbooking community, and has sold over 150,000 copies. Since then, Jill has authored and published 15 books.. Jill is enthusiastic about inspiring others and providing ideas to scrapbookers and beyond. Her love for memories, photography, books and art is what has given her the passion over the last ten years for TweetyJill Publications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Tweety Jill Publications; 2nd edition (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891898140
• ISBN-13: 978-1891898143
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #767,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars loved this book, March 1, 2008

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Starry Eye Designer (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Altered: Art Projects (Paperback)

I loved this book. I own so many altered books and this one had a really nice variety of work. The pictures are not meant to be "cut out" but to be used as examples of work and inspiration. The instructions were clear, photos large and beautiful, and the projects would appeal to many levels of interests and skills. A great addition to my large collection of altered books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK, April 21, 2009

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Cathy Holt "paper,art doll and print artist" (kelso Wa.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altered: Art Projects (Paperback)

I recommend this book. It is written very well and has good photos and ideas for any artist

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great but lacks information on products used, December 18, 2008

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Leetta Jean Yarlot "Altered-In-Time" (Jacksonville, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altered: Art Projects (Paperback)

Great book with many, many great ideas to use as a springboard to create altered art. The only problem I found in this book is that they didn't list where to purchase most of the objects used. I fell in love with Deb Trotter's projects - but, there was no information on where to find the materials. If this Jill Haglund does another book, it would really be nice if she would choose projects with complete supply lists.

I know it's one thing to use "found objects", but when it's an integral part of the project, it should be something that's available. I've spent hours looking for the horse found on page 42 - if anyone knows where to find on, please let me know ! Also, I've been on the internet trying to find the cowgirl pictures - I did luck out on that.

I do recommend the book, as I said, as a springboard to ideas.