Collage Sourcebook: Exploring the Art and Technique of ... (ISBN 1592531016)

An Inspirational Resource Book:
As a collage artist I am always looking for new techniques and ideas, the Collage Sourcebook:Exploring the Art and Technique of Collage certainly fulfilled this wish. The book covers many techniques with clear inspirational examples. I really liked the way that various artists were featured with details of how they created their diverse and amazing works of art. If you are a beginning or more advanced collage artist this book will provide plenty of information and inspiration.

Wondering:
I haven't purchased this book although I thought about it. I wondered after reading some less than stellar reviews here whether I should in fact, spend my hard-earned dollars. So I figured I'd google the authors and have a look at their work in order to judge how much they could impart about collage. Well, there wasn't any art available for viewing from any of the three women involved in this work to be found on the web!!! This, combined with the nebulous reviews here, means maybe I should just hang on to my sheckels until a book by collage artists who have some fresh ideas to publish.

CollageArtist:
I was disappointed with this book as I didn't realize I already had part of it from another book I had purchased by the same author.While it does give good instruction and shows collage techniques I haven't yet learned, I don't think it was really worth it for me to have the same information in two separate books.

Amazing, current resource:
This book gives plenty of "project how-tos" but is not as much a "craft" book as is indicated by the tags heretofore attached to it. Contemporary artists doing collage in methods you might not have imagined are included. The work of these artists is amazing and inspiring and leaves plenty of room for growth and experimentation for the collage artist. I highly recommend this high-quality text.

Sourcebooks get outdated but not this one:
If you are buying this book as a sourcebook for materials, you are getting the wrong book. If you are buying it as a source for inspiration, you can not go wrong. Great ideas and beautiful photos. I have hundreds of books and this particular one is a most have.