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Collage Sourcebook: Exploring the Art and Technique of Collage

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What a rip off! I bought this book based upon the description here, thinking it was a new book about collage techniques. It turned out it might claim to be a new book, but it's nothing but a reprint and repackaging of Jennifer Atkinson's nearly decade old "Collage Art: A Step-by-Step Guide and Showcase" and the more recent "Collage for the Soul" by Paula Grasdal and Holly Harrison. It is exactly the same. Since I already had both of the others, it would have been nice to have been told that, so that I could have saved myself the cost and disappointment of getting this.

This book is simply a reprint of Collage Art by Jennifer Atkinson and Collage For The Soul by Holly Harrison. Not a bad combination, but definitely a rip-off for those of us who already own both books.

I have an arts and crafts store and have had to put my copies of Collage Art on sale, because it's pointless carrying that book when, for the same price, they can get Collage Sourcebook. I was not informed by the publisher, when I ordered both together, and am very disappointed in them.

The book itself, is very good and, if you don't have the other two, Collage Sourcebook offers a less expensive way of owning them both. I do recomment purchase.

I was sorry to read the one poor review of this book, which I borrowed from my local library and have been drooling over for the past 3 weeks. However, I haven't seen either of the two previous books that the other review says this is a reproduction of. My library copy is due back soon, and I can't renew it, as others are clamoring for it. So I'm going to buy my own copy, which I know I will thoroughly enjoy!

The artwork throughout the book is inspirational. I leaf through the book to get my gears going, and then can't wait to rush downstairs to my garage/studio, to get to work. Plus, it's very informative on techniques that I'd love to explore, but haven't had the know-how to (especially encaustic). This is a great resource for me, since I can't afford to take any art workshops or classes right now.

What a rip-off! As others have said, this book is nothing but a compilation of 2 other books. Do the "Look Inside" trick and on the inside first page it credits the two books. This information SHOULD be fully disclosed in the Amazon description, as not everyone to reads all the reviews. Only by chance did I see this book at my local B&N, checked it out and discovered the hoax. Otherwise I might have ordered it and been really mad because I have the other 2 books. The book "Making Memory Books and Journals by Hand" is the same type of rip-off and again, I think Amazon should include this data up-front, in the description.

I was disheartened when I read another reader's review of this book. Since I don't own any of the books the other reviewer mentioned, I don't know if material has been copied - I CAN say that the photos and brief "how to-s" in this volume were inspiring! There are lots of techniques to explore, and yes, if you want to try and reproduce the EXACT works, you could - but for me, and I suspect for many other artists looking into modern collage ideas, this book provides a number of starting points for further exploration. The works are well photographed and labelled, with artist details included in the text, and overall this book is well produced and presented.

If you're interested in exploring collage, this is a great kick off.

This book gives plenty of "project how-tos" but is not as much a "craft" book as is indicated by the tags heretofore attached to it. Contemporary artists doing collage in methods you might not have imagined are included. The work of these artists is amazing and inspiring and leaves plenty of room for growth and experimentation for the collage artist. I highly recommend this high-quality text.

I was disappointed with this book as I didn't realize I already had part of it from another book I had purchased by the same author.While it does give good instruction and shows collage techniques I haven't yet learned, I don't think it was really worth it for me to have the same information in two separate books.

As a collage artist I am always looking for new techniques and ideas, the Collage Sourcebook:Exploring the Art and Technique of Collage certainly fulfilled this wish. The book covers many techniques with clear inspirational examples. I really liked the way that various artists were featured with details of how they created their diverse and amazing works of art. If you are a beginning or more advanced collage artist this book will provide plenty of information and inspiration.

If you are buying this book as a sourcebook for materials, you are getting the wrong book. If you are buying it as a source for inspiration, you can not go wrong. Great ideas and beautiful photos. I have hundreds of books and this particular one is a most have.

I was surprised when I received this book because I was expecting more a technical listing of supplies and methods. It has that and more. The suggested projects and beautiful examples are an inspiration for me and for my classes.