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The complete guide to altered imagery : for collage, altered books, artists journals, and more / Karen Michel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gloucester, Mass. : Quarry Books, 2005.Description: 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1592531776 (pbk.)
  • 9781592531776 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.54 MIC
Contents:
Chapter 1. Altered imagery using photography. Altering 35mm prints/photographs. Altering polaroid photography -- Chapter 2. Altered imagery using your computer. Working with scanners. Using photo programs. Working with printers -- Chapter 3. Altered imagery from found sources. Magazine collage. Integrating found objects into altered imagery. Creative image transfers. Altering with paint and other traditional art media -- Chapter 4. Altered imagery using printmaking techniques. Making your own negatives using printed acetate as a negative. Creating monoprints. Using photographic images to create linoleum and rubber block prints. Creating monoprints. Printing over photographs -- Chapter 5. Project gallery.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Artists Books 745.54 MIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100359166

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A wide range of techniques borrowed from both traditional and digital art has recently begun to blend into one art form, known as altered art. The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery is the only book currently on the market that provides fascinating tips and creative ideas solely focused on this new form of art. An in-depth discussion manipulation techniques is supplied, making this an essential handbook for all artists and crafters looking for creative ways to alter and enhance various types of imagery in new and traditional ways, and then to integrate this altered art into their work.

Chapter 1. Altered imagery using photography. Altering 35mm prints/photographs. Altering polaroid photography -- Chapter 2. Altered imagery using your computer. Working with scanners. Using photo programs. Working with printers -- Chapter 3. Altered imagery from found sources. Magazine collage. Integrating found objects into altered imagery. Creative image transfers. Altering with paint and other traditional art media -- Chapter 4. Altered imagery using printmaking techniques. Making your own negatives using printed acetate as a negative. Creating monoprints. Using photographic images to create linoleum and rubber block prints. Creating monoprints. Printing over photographs -- Chapter 5. Project gallery.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Karen Michel is a mixed media artist. She lives in New York, where she runs a 10-year old nonprofit art center for kids, the Creative Art Space for Kids Foundation, with her artist husband Carlo Thertus. Along with sharing her love for the arts with children, she also teaches adult workshops to beginners and established artists alike. Her books, paintings and collages have been exhibited internationally and have been published in various books and magazines, including her own book, The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery.

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