Altered Art Circus!: Altering Techniques, Art Cards, and Other Magical Projects

by Lisa Kettell

Art Circus! takes the reader on a magical journey into the artistic world where they can discover their creative muse which is waiting to come out and play. It is at heart a technique book for altered artists, but is housed within a wonderful, spectacular fantasy land. The book will bring the reader, the daydreamer, the explorer, the artist, to a place have never been, where they can unleash their artistic dreams and explore hidden worlds through cutting-edge techniques, creative projects, and beautiful images. The book will include easy tutorials on basic digital altering effects for new and vintage images, step by step instruction for projects, a gallery of inspirational projects from other artists, and clip art and vintage images for readers to use in their own projects. The book will cover digital and paper alteration, creating from found and household objects (jars and boxes), will feature playful illustration, vintage imagery, and use a myriad of other mixed-media materials ranging from glitter and wire to crinolin and coloring agents.

Genres: Nonfiction, Crafts, Art

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2009

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this book...so cool, so happy!!! Can't wait to drag out the scissors and the glitter and...oh yeah, need to buy peet pots! Wheeeee!

[Michelle]

a very weird craft book, using circus as the main theme. the ideas and projects are "interesting"

[Meikoningin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Keywords:
projects
inspirational ideas
clean layout
well worth the money

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really cute stuff. The early 20th century aesthetic is adorable, and doable, thanks to the ephemeral images provided in the back of the book. Of all the projects, I liked the painted lion and giraffe best.

[Bettina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Um? No.

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Altered Art Circus is a magical, inspirational and creative arts/crafts book for all levels of artists, young and own will love glancing through the pages and creating projects from it. The stories that begin in each project chapter are my fave, you won't be disappointed with this book.

[Dolldiva · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the craft book for me.

[Dana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I'm only inspired to make a handful of the projects (some of the ones featured just aren't my thing), this is a beautiful book filled with luscious eye candy and is definitely worth a read!