Altered Books

What makes a book a book? Are books just for reading? Altered Books invited people to exhibit a book altered in some way– painted, re-purposed, re-shaped– to explore the book as an object and artistic medium. What can you do with books?
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several pieces of art sitting on top of a white table next to an open book
a book with pockets
a table topped with lots of books on top of a blue cloth covered tablecloth
an array of altered books
a stack of books sitting on top of a table next to a pile of papers
a striking folded book sculpture, how would you read this black and white beauty?
an open book with pictures inside on a table
a collage book
an open book sitting on top of a table
Taken from a book on marine life, this book is now a fantastical aquarium.
an open book sitting on top of a table next to some framed pictures and papers
it's not just the book's form that can be altered. the text is subject to change too...
an open book sitting on top of a table next to other books and papers with writing
Taken from the World Book, this altered book made purse is now termed the "World Nook"
an open book sitting on top of a wooden frame
a box or a book? or both!
a piece of brown paper sitting on top of a black surface next to white lines
a re-hand-sewn binding