ALA Handout 2022
Handout for “Rags to Riches: Recycling Books for Fun, Fashion, and… Furniture?!?!??” program, given at ALA LibLearnX 2022, on January 24, 2022
Altered Books Commercial Websites:
http://www.rebound-designs.com/ - Book purses for sale!
http://www.bookboxcompany.com/ - These people make exquisite, but pricey, book safes.
http://www.thisintothat.com/index.html Jim Rosenau, Renaissance Man, makes (Works of Art) furniture.
http://karenswhimsy.com/wall-hangings.htm - Book wall hangings at their prettiest.
Altered Books Information and Inspiration Websites:
http://www.gomakesomething.com- Lisa Vollrath, Artiste Extraordinaire, resource for altered books artists. (Check out her section on Altered Books)
http://mixedmedia.club/a-crash-course-on-altered-books/- Lisa Vollrath’s class on Altered Books
http://www.pinterest.com –BEWARE! Here be a time warp! My Pinterest name is Julie Ousley, but you might find me as McJulieO, Try searching for the generic “Recycled Books”, but more specific searches like “Book safe” or “Book rose” will give you more than enough to start with
Creative Bug- When my library first offered this arts & crafts database to patrons, I was thrilled to see that they offered an Altered Books Daily Challenge, which was particularly interesting to try out during the early days of COVID isolation. (I noticed that Creative Bug is one of the exhibitors at LibLearnX, so check them out. My only previous exposure was that Jo-Ann Fabrics encouraged individual memberships, which I can now ignore, thanks to my library offering it.)
Altered Books Youtube videos for inspiration (there are many- Just SEARCH!):
Books That Might Be Helpful for Building a Collection on Altered Books
Altered Books Workshop: 18 Creative for Self-Expression. by Bev Brazelton, 2004.
Altered Books 101 -everything you need to know..."the complete guide". by Beth Cote and Cindy Peska, 2000.
Altered Books 102. by Beth Cote, 2003. Altered Books 102 by
The altered book scrapbook by Susan Ure, 2006.
Altered Art For The First Time by Madeleine Arndt, 2005.
Altered art : techniques for creating altered books, boxes, cards & more by Terry Taylor, 2004.
A humument : a treated Victorian novel by Tom Phillips, 2005.
Alter This! Radical Ideas for Transforming Books Into Art by Alena Hennessy Bowers, 2007.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Altered Art Illustrated by Allyson Bright Meyer, 2007.
Visual Chronicles: The No-Fear Guide to Creating Art Journals, Creative Manifestos and Altered Books by Linda Woods and Karen Dinino, 2006.
The Repurposed Library: 33 Craft Projects That Give Old Books New Life by Lisa Occhipinti, 2011.
Julie Ousley, the Crafty Bibliophile, UseThoseBooksUp@gmail.com, CraftyBibliophile.com