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Featured Artist – Isobelle Ouzman

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Isobelle Ouzman is a Washington State artist, born in the UK. Her Altered book series transforms unwanted books into fine art.

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Her drawing is detailed and delicate, monochromatic, and with a vintage romanticism for nature, the depth to her work is created by cutting through layers of pagers, to give perspective to her work.

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Every book comes from a dumpster, a recycling bin or a thrift store.

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With an obvious love of books, Ouzman works to reinvigorates them and breaths new life into otherwise the otherwise unwanted books with a ton of glue, an exact knife, pen, watercolors and a ton of patience and love.

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Books take between two and three months to complete, and can be custom ordered for a special occasion, and are also available on Etsy.

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Website: http://isobelleouzman.com

Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/belleiso?ref=hdr_shop_menu

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