altered books

For my winter term project, I'm going to do some sort of altered book project (haven't really decided too much about it yet...). It's going to be some cross between an emphasis on poetry, and art.

here the emphasis is on poetry:






this one is starting to combine a narrative and artwork the way i want to:



here the focus is primarily on the art:












Here's how the professionals do it. This is the Humument, by Tom Phillips. It manages to be beautiful and carry a narrative about Toge all the way through 370 pages.






sources: the first four were found here, the next four were done by Joy Bathie, the next five found here, and the website for the last four is here.