Introduction
I am Glynis and am quite a novice when it comes to computers. I have decided that I should strive to learn something new everyday, and today I have been learning all about blogging. Although I am coming to love the computer, my first love has to be arts and crafts.
I have always loved making things, from the time my Mum taught me how to knit and sew. I am now into paper crafts, rubber stamping, painting, collage, decoupage - anything and everything to do with paper. I think parchment craft is my favourite and I like to encorporate it wherever I can into as many genres of paper craft as I can.
Recently I have discovered 'altered art' and this has opened up a whole new world to me. There are so many things one can alter, encorporating all kinds of techniques most listed above and more besides. It was only after I joined a forum for altered books, I realised that I had been 'altering' stuff for years. If a photo frame doesn't quite go with a picture I want to put into it, I change it - paint it, rubber stamp onto it, add embellishments etc etc.
At the moment I am preparing a book for altering. It was quite difficult to find a book that I wanted to pull to pieces. It is quite heart wrenching at first, but later once the alteration is taking place, you can see a new work of art emerging, from something that was falling apart and had pages missing anyway. Anyway, I found this book at the back of my bookcase, the fabric on the cover torn, pages coming loose, and decided it should be the candidate for alteration. I felt bad because it was George Elliot's Mill on the Floss, and it did seem a bit sacreligious to start dismantling it.
Anyway, I have the number of pages I want, and am currently bonding groups of pages together to make 'spreads'. I have decided on a title and a theme - 'Castles in the Air' - Fantasy and Fairytales etc. In my head, I have the cover design and the first couple of spreads. This book is going to be sent around the people of belong to the forum 'Circle for Altered Books', and will be worked on by the artists it gets sent to. In turn, I will work on their books - they will choose their own titles and themes. I love doing this, as it sets a challenge every time you work on a different book.
I am Glynis and am quite a novice when it comes to computers. I have decided that I should strive to learn something new everyday, and today I have been learning all about blogging. Although I am coming to love the computer, my first love has to be arts and crafts.
I have always loved making things, from the time my Mum taught me how to knit and sew. I am now into paper crafts, rubber stamping, painting, collage, decoupage - anything and everything to do with paper. I think parchment craft is my favourite and I like to encorporate it wherever I can into as many genres of paper craft as I can.
Recently I have discovered 'altered art' and this has opened up a whole new world to me. There are so many things one can alter, encorporating all kinds of techniques most listed above and more besides. It was only after I joined a forum for altered books, I realised that I had been 'altering' stuff for years. If a photo frame doesn't quite go with a picture I want to put into it, I change it - paint it, rubber stamp onto it, add embellishments etc etc.
At the moment I am preparing a book for altering. It was quite difficult to find a book that I wanted to pull to pieces. It is quite heart wrenching at first, but later once the alteration is taking place, you can see a new work of art emerging, from something that was falling apart and had pages missing anyway. Anyway, I found this book at the back of my bookcase, the fabric on the cover torn, pages coming loose, and decided it should be the candidate for alteration. I felt bad because it was George Elliot's Mill on the Floss, and it did seem a bit sacreligious to start dismantling it.
Anyway, I have the number of pages I want, and am currently bonding groups of pages together to make 'spreads'. I have decided on a title and a theme - 'Castles in the Air' - Fantasy and Fairytales etc. In my head, I have the cover design and the first couple of spreads. This book is going to be sent around the people of belong to the forum 'Circle for Altered Books', and will be worked on by the artists it gets sent to. In turn, I will work on their books - they will choose their own titles and themes. I love doing this, as it sets a challenge every time you work on a different book.
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