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Altering books can be a great adventure. There are no rules, no rights and wrongs. There are infinite ways to use all your favorite art supplies and skills to alter an old book. I hope you visit often. Please feel free to use any ideas and tricks you pick up here. I do this for fun, not for profit!
One of my best tricks is - if you mess up a page, tear it out! Start a new page. That's "my way".

I recently added the mail art component here. What could be easier or more fun than making a post card and sending it off to a friend? Or to a stranger?

More extensive photos of my work are shown at http://www.picturetrail.com/artsngardens
and my personal blog at http://janenesartsngardens.blogspot.com/

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Friday, February 6, 2015

More altered books - on Ted Talks

http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_dettmer_old_books_reborn_as_intricate_art?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=image__2015-02-06
Posted by book lover at 11:01 AM
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