In both of these you need to think a little bit ahead to see how many pages you need. Then the actual substrate becomes interesting! See it in the video below. You are drawn in by what is hidden in the folds themselves, what will they reveal? I love doing this when what is on the page isn’t inspiring to me. This is something like origami! Folding pages creates a really interesting sense of interaction and mystery. As the paper gets wet it will slowly peel away and reveal the image underneath. Leave to dry for about 2-3 hours.Then return to the top page, wet your finger and gently rub it on the top page. Sandwich an image between two pages using matte medium to seal the image and to glue the pages together.
#ALTERED BOOKS HOW TO#
I shared a tutorial on how to do this in the Season of Words. They close but don’t hide the spread completely. In the second example, I used plain old scotch tape to add flaps along the outside edge of each page. In my first example, I used a 4 x 6 photo that I took at a Simon Birch exhibit and added it to my book using washi tape.
Envelopes are really self explanatory: just find one, put something special in in and glue it in.įlaps are fun because you get a different feel depending on where you add them. I’m showing you two ways to do this: flaps and envelopes. Tip-ins are an easy way to add more pages to your book, add interaction or to hide any journaling that you don’t want to be too obvious. I love that it makes a window that shows the writing underneath.įinally, for a super fun cutout effect, cut the same shape (I used a heart) in the center of a few pages, but keeping them attached to the spine. In this second example, I did the exact same thing but instead of an image, I made a shaker pocket with an acetate and added some vellum confetti, glitter and sequins. I added the image between the pages and glued the two frames together. In the first example, I loved the photo of the two women I had chosen so I cut out a rectangle in two of my books pages, a rectangle that was just a little smaller than the image, essentially creating a frame. In this example below, I used a plain old highlighter to bring forth some of the words on the page as they related to what I was saying.Ĭut-outs are really fun because they add a measure of transparency to your pages or allow you to use both sides of an image. Find a decorative way to black out the rest of the words and bam! You have a poem on your page. Find a page with text that speaks to you and highlight all the words that jump out at your. Using words: this is a simple and effective process. You can also add illustrative elements or a quote that relates to what is already on your page: In this second example, the figures on the bottom were also already on the page. In the first example, the woman was originally on the page and I added the hands and the moon under her feet. Using images: If your book has illustrations, try and single out parts of the image that work with whatever your page is about. There are two elements to this idea: use the images that are in your book and use the words that are in your book. This is the first and easiest method of really being in the book you are using. I feel like if you are just covering up the pages completely, might as well use a blank journal, no? Here are some of my favorite ways to do this. What I will share is some tips on how to really integrate the actual pages of your book. Unfortunately my very first altered book, which is Summer of Love based on a Kara Haupt workshop back in 2014, is in storage so I can’t share it.
I have finished three altered books and am currently working in two of them (including the Season of Play). Since we are altering books for the Season of Play, I thought I’d share a few pointers on how I have done that in the past.
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