Comments on: Don’t Care for a Book? Alter It! http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: doro http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-1620 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:58:55 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-1620 I like seeing someone else in the beginning stages of a new endeavor. I think that altered books are like anything else
that we do in any of the crafts, they require support in the
form of purchases of this and that and often some of the
best things that I have found to use in my book was a simple
item I had used many times before- the matchbook.

I used the shape and design to hide notes in and to assist in making the page interactive…the cost: a few pieces of paper and pen…almost nothing…

I will admit other pages require special paper and so on..

I will watch to see if more of your work shows up on this site.
I like what I have seen so far…’ain’t it fun?’

]]> By: bekaboo http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-1048 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:12:26 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-1048 Loving it! I have exactly one altered book (done by me and a group of friends), and I treasure it. That said, I have 1000′s of other books. It was soooo difficult to make the first cut (I made a niche), but the book had a gorgeous cover, but was pure dreck (not to mention acidic and deteriorating fast) on the inside, so I actually think I improved it. ;)

]]> By: Brian Sawyer http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-606 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:24:38 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-606 UPDATE: A more detailed how-to, inspired by this post, appears in Craft: 02.

]]> By: Brian http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-58 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:02:00 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-58 Heh. I hear you, fadzilah. That was a tough hurdle for me to get over. Of course, there’s no way in hell I’d do this with any of my copies of The Name of the Rose!

]]> By: Fadzilah http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-57 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:58:00 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-57 I like his writings. But precisely because of that I don’t dare to create anything out of it, as I’m afraid of ruining it, so I’m living vicariously through what you did.

]]> By: Brian http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-56 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:25:00 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-56 Thanks, fadzilah. Is it better because you like Eco or because you have something against him? :-)

]]> By: Fadzilah http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-55 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:51:00 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-55 Wow, that’s very nice. And you did it with a book by Umberto Eco which makes it even better :)

]]> By: Brian http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-54 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:32:00 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-54 Thanks, hanna. And yes, this is just the beginning of my first try.

I owe the entire idea of the pop-up, from the choice of illustration to the execution of the mechanism, to the instructor of the workshop, whose work I agree is quite inspiring.

]]> By: Hanna http://briansawyer.net/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-53 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:28:00 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/dont-care-for-a-book-alter-it/#comment-53 Is this your first try? Looks great. I’m working on pop-ups right now too, yours is great inspiration!

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