Found Object Art (Schiffer Art Book)

one of the best outsider art books I have seen

Unexpected wonders on every page. Useful and entertaining.

Out of date stylistically

I do like this book very much. The delivery was good and sellers pleasant.

Great book. Get them both!

I loved this book so much that I bought it AGAIN after I loaned my first one and didn't get it back (it's ok, I know the person I loaned it to loves it too!). A wonderful book full of inspiration for the found object and collage/assemblage artist.

It may be a matter of personal taste, but I felt the book was a jumble of mostly overdone product without a sense of relationship between materials that were chosen for the finished piece. It is possible that the photography played a part in this - was color accurate? I have used a lot of found materials - many discarded and worn with much more subtle results. Where is the mystery?

Page after page of wonderful artists (one behind bars!) that found something considered old and worthless and turned it into a piece that inspires, amuses, teaches, and leaves me in awe. It's creativity at its best. Wish there were a dozen more books like this in print! Must have book for collage, outsider art, and mixed media artists.....