Useful Links for Altered Book Artists

Arts and crafts people may find the following links helpful.

If you know of a good site to add, or if you would like to exchange links, please contact me. If your site meets my vision for this site, I will add it.

Altered Book Artists

• Altered Book 101
  Site belongs to prominent AB artist, Beth Cote. She's well known in the AB community as an author, instructor, and altered book artist.
  
  
• Glitz-oh
  Site belongs to Corrine Stubson, another prominent AB artist. Check out the amazing book sculptures.
  
  
• Karen Whimsey
  Many altered books on disply along with tips, techniques, and things she's learned about making altered books.

Communities

• Altered Art Group
  Altered Art was started as a fun and creative place to share tips, ideas, techniques, and resources for anyone interested in altered art, book arts, paper crafts, mixed media, and more.
  
  
• Altered Books Email List
  This truly awesome email discussion group has 5500 members internationally, and is growing by leaps and bounds.
  
  
• Canadian Altered Books Email List
  An altered book discussion group for Canadian altered book artists.
  
  
• The Ephemera Society of America
  A non-profit organization that encourages the preservation and study of paper ephemera, furthers the special interests of ephemerists, and serves as a link among collectors, dealers, and scholars.
  
  
• International Association of Altered Book Artists
  A non-profit Organization dedicated to promoting altered books as an art form and to provide a Forum for the exchange of skills, experiences, and ideas through education, exhibits, and events.
  
  

Craft Sites

• Free Creative Projects to Make
  Lots of free craft projects, a craft forum and gallery, tips, techniques, products, books and more!
  
  
• Make your own Mini Album Scrapbooks
  How to guide to making paper craft mini albums with tutorials, album theme ideas and other helpful information to create these fabulous keepsakes.

Events

• Altered Asylum
  This studio offers workshops and special events for altered book artists and other adults interested in the arts. Turlock, California.
  
  
• Artfest Port Townsend
  Held annually in the spring, all Artfests to date have taken place in Port Townsend, WA.
  
  
• ArtWerx
  Classes, demonstrations, networking, and shopping. This event is held annually in Richmond, BC, Canada. Richmond is situated in Greater Vancouver.
  
  

Links to Product Companies

• Golden Artist Colors
  Acrylic paints, mediums, varnishes, gels, more.
  
  
• Jacquard Products
  Makers of Lumiere, Neopaque, Dyn-a-Flow, Pearl-Ex Powdered Pigments, and many more excellent products.
  
  
• Krylon Products Group
  Paints, primers, sprays, enamels, more.
  
  
• Liquitex
  Acrylic paints, mediums, varnishes, gels, more.
  
  
• Judi Kins
  Best known as the makers of Diamond Glaze, a dimensional adhesive that is mixable with dye based inks, pearlescent powders and watercolors.
  
  
• Pergamano International
  This company introduced Pergamano Parchment Craft to The Netherlands in 1987.
  
  
• Plaid
  Makers of Mod Podge medium, Apple Barrel craft paint, FolkArt® craft paint, Anna Griffin™ stamps and inks; and much more.
  
  
• US Artquest
  Sellers of mixed media art materials, including the well-liked Perfect Paper Adhesive (PPA), Dorland's Wax, Polymer Clay and more.
  
  
• Xyron Inc.
  Makers of the well-liked Xyron systems used for cold laminating.
  
  

Software

• Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Windows
  This immensely popular software is used for editing digital photographs or other digital images.
  
  
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 (Mac)
  Same as above, but for the Mac
  
  
• Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS 2
  Industry standard software for digital artists.
  
  
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0
  Recently released "toolbox for digital photographers" is generating rave reviews among the Photoshop user community.

Specialty Shopping Links

• Altered Art by Dharma
  This site offered specialty items used for altered art, including unmouted stamps. It's a very attractive site, as well.
  
  
• Beads and Artifacts
  BEADS BEADS is one of Southern California's oldest and most respected bead shops. They offer a large selection of beads, gems and supplies for the do-it-yourself craft and jewelry enthusiast as well as completed beadwork from selected artists. They also have masks and artifacts from around the world.
  
  
• Found Elements
  A unique collection of vintage & other found goodies for collage and assemblage artists.
  
  
• Magical Scriptorium
  The Magical Scriptorium carries many fibers, beads, buttons, rubber stamps and other embellishments for lovers of scrapbooking, memory albums, altered art, and mixed media. The site also contains links to relevant articles, etc.
  
  
• Outside the Margins .
  Great online shopping for odds and ends of items suitable for use with altered books and other altered art. International delivery.