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When it comes to two-dimensional pages in a book, Dedra Long breaks boundaries. She expands her art past the barriers of the page and the book.
Don’t you love that doorknob?
Altered books tend to be more about the art and the story, and less about the long-term preservation of photos. This means lots of room to play.
Dedra definitely plays. She expands her books, filling them with so many three dimensional wonders that what you are looking at in the picture below is the book when it is shut! She has opened up the possibilities and they are bursting out of her books.
I interviewed Dedra a while back about her minibooks and as our conversation steered toward her altered books, she promised to provide Paperclipping with photos of her “Me” book.
Putting her classy, yet artsy, style aside, Dedra adds things to her books that I would have never considered!
Here’s another view of the gigantic wooden letters Dedra attached to this page. I also love the 3-D effect of the word, “defined.”
I love that Dedra goes beyond the page by adding inserts to journal on, like you see on the tag below:
For each “page” of her altered book, Dedra gathers a chunk of the original pages and binds them together. While some people glue their pages together, you can see in the two photos below that Dedra uses decorative binding like clips, posts, and gaffer tape.
These barely-altered in-between pages are a nice touch of style and also give a breathing cushion between each of the dazzling art pieces on the other side.
Dedra ended this book with an accordion extension:
If you couldn’t get enough of Dedra Long’s gorgeous altered book, there is more! I created a set on my flickr account of every page of Dedra’s book. Enjoy!
