SOLD: This altered, artist book was created from an early 20th century (English) hymn book.

The pages have been altered with a variety of paper ephemera including:

• Handwritten French and English letters, circa 1840s – 1870s;
• Astonomy lesson, Saturday Magazine, 1838;
• Hand-tinted engraving of English churchyard, 1889;
• Invoice, 1902;
• Vintage bird engravings (black and white), 1912;
• Engraving of vain woman, 1886;
• Blue-tinted woman with turban, 1919;
• Engraving of eggs, 1865;
• Welsh prayer book, 1840s;
• Kangaroo, 1911;
• Frontispiece from prize book, 1921;
• French military cahier page, 1897;
• Swiss envelope and stamp, 1902.

This is a one-of-a-kind work of altered art using a lot of original vintage paper ephemera. It takes many hours to make from preparing the book for embellishing to designing and executing that pages, each one of which is a unique piece of collage.

The cost is £175 with free worldwide shipping. Please let me know if you have any questions.