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Altered Curiosities: Assemblage Techniques and Projects
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Manufacturer: North Light Books
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Featuring techniques for assemblage and surface alterations never before seen in a mixed-media art book (kit-bashing, wiring, egg-shell texture, casting and more), Altered Curiosities offers a new twist on a hot topic.
A fresh variety of projects (such as hair barrettes, jewelry, a drawer pull and a bird feeder) prove that artistic assemblage and collage styles can be expressed beyond wall art.
Readers will learn a new storytelling approach to their mixed-media art. Altered Curiosities goes beyond construction techniques to help readers discover how to create a personal narrative with objects and visually tell a story, not just infuse a piece with meaning or symbolism.
Two very important things make this book stand out from the crowd of other collage, mixed-media and assemblage titles: the projects (full of oddities and the unexpected) and the techniques--several of which have never been published before. A common element of Jane Wynn's style is to find an object, break it and put it together again (sometimes more than once), and she loves using anthropomorphic associations to tell stories in her projects. Step by step, readers will learn her unique method and her sought-after techniques. Along with surface alterations (faux-aging, patinas and the use of unusual household products) Altered Curiosities teaches metal etching with rubber stamps, simple wiring to create dramatic lighting, instruction for altering simple toy figures (making two-headed animals, for instance) and more.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 702.812
EAN: 9781581809725
Feature: ISBN13: 9781581809725
ISBN: 1581809727
Label: North Light Books
Manufacturer: North Light Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2007-09-20
Publisher: North Light Books
Studio: North Light Books
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• ISBN13: 9781581809725
• Condition: New
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Beautiful Book! -
I love owning this book. It is just luscious beautiful and I find it very inspiring. Jane's work is unique and wonderful and I appreciate being able to open this book and experience her artisty any time I want.
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Disapointing book from a great artist -
I love Jane's work but I don't want to replicate it. That's all the information I could glean from this book. It is primarily a project book and techniques are briefly explained without showing the many options of sawing apart an old plastic toys or smashing in a glass bottle. I also didn't get a sense of her method of composition. I don't have a garage full of old toys, spoons, nails, doll heads etc... So I need to know how I might conceptualize using her techniques but incorporating materials that I plan on using when junk hunting.
So Inspirational -
I enjoyed going through Jane's book and learning different approaches to assembling found objects. The instructions on most of the projects are very clear with accompanying photos. In the beginning of the book, she shows a variety of techniques from creating tiny bezels and soldering to adding painted patinas and breaking a glass jar for use in her projects. Her unique style motivates you to think outside the box and come up with all sorts of ideas on how to use those odds and ends gleaned from thrift stores and flea markets. I enjoyed this one and have referred to it often.
Interesting & inspirational projects. Some misinformation. -
I do agree that the information provided for some of the projects is misleading (improper materials) for the inexperienced. Otherwise, for the experienced makers of "Altered Art" this book is great for inspiration.
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A book to inspire -
Altered Curiosities: Assemblage Techniques and Projects
I have this book on my coffee table so that I am reminded to look at it many times a week. I am now collecting the odd pieces I come across in a day and am enjoying seeking out that "special object" at garage sales for my new art project(s). The book provides great ideas and direction to give you that creative push into found art work.
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