Collage, Assemblage, and Altered Art: Creating Unique Images and Objects by Diane Maurer-Mathison is a book for those who'd like to become a collage artist. Collages are more than just a means to decorate high school binders with images from Seventeen with a glue stick. Although, I did make some nice ones in my day- this book is for those ready to graduate from the scotch taped creations to art that's more...dimensional.  

 

Beginning with history and techniques and even principles of color and design, Diane Maurer-Mathision depicts collages more as fine art than craft.  Beginning with traditional photo-montages, Diane moves on to assemblag, creating three-dimension designs like shadow boxes, shrines, jewelry, and even dolls. Containing beautiful full-color photographs and detailed instructions, Altered Art finishes with the transformation of ordinary objects into extroadinary art and sculpture with a marriage of collage and assemblage. It's complete and beautiful reference guide to a wonderful and alternative medium of art.