By Annette Labedzki

Altered art is not a new art form. Artists have been transforming everyday objects into works of art for a long time. Altered art is the result of taking a found object and changing it in some intriguing way. It’s an idea as old as art itself. It has become a very hot trend in the past few years, especially amongst crafters. However artists have been altering things for years.

In the middle ages monks in the monasteries would copy new text over older parchment manuscripts. Parchment was so precious that it was recycled rather than thrown away.

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