How Do You Make An Altered Book From Junk Mail Postcards?
Making altered books is not so much a project as a set of techniques for artistic experimentation. Junk mail postcards are great for altered books because they are free, colorful, funny and easy to rearrange in different ways. Don’t feel like you need to restrict yourself to just using junk mail, however. Bring in magazines, colored paper, trinkets or any other supplies you want to, and make your altered book the fanciful, creative, one of a kind work of art Acquire children’s board books. You can usually find these types of books for very cheap at used book stores, reuse shop and rummage sales. The actual content of the books does not matter that much, as you will be modifying them. Save up as much junk mail as you can. Include vacation offers, religious pamphlets, magazine inserts and anything else that strikes your fancy. If you have old magazines or newspapers that you don’t mind cutting up, bring them out. The more material you have to work with, the better. Get some decorative pa
