{"id":105,"date":"2023-01-29T23:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T23:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/?p=105"},"modified":"2023-01-29T23:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T23:25:13","slug":"altered-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Altered Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last night I was reading \u201cThe Found Object in Textile Art\u201d by Cas Holmes and the section on \u2018Altered Books\u2019 (p.80-81) caught my eye. It suggested using a found book, or cheap substitute, and using as a base or substrate for a series of collages. This seemed like a great idea to me. When I read further one of the points stated, \u201d&nbsp;<em>look at the structure and content of the book. Why have you chosen it? Does the subject matter act as a stimulus for ideas or is the visual imagery the most important aspect, or a combination of both?<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my Time and Wallet theme, it occurred to me that my MSc thesis covered the exact same time period as the wallet and the H2 camera. Could I use this thesis (either the actual one, a photocopy or a digital version) as a substrate for a series of collages using the wallet contents and my contemporary (and other?) images? I think this idea is worth following up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference: Holmes, Cas. 2010.&nbsp;<em>The Found Object in Textile Art<\/em>, London, UK: Batsford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I was reading \u201cThe Found Object in Textile Art\u201d by Cas Holmes and the section on \u2018Altered Books\u2019 (p.80-81) caught my eye. It suggested using a found book, or cheap substitute, and using as a base or substrate for a series of collages. This seemed like a great idea to me. When I&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/?p=105\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Altered Book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","category-wallet","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}