The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: Mixed-Media by Seth Apter

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Mixed-Media by Seth Apter

Seth Apter is a mixed-media artist in New York City. He specializes in paper arts, book arts, and textural assemblage. Having admired Seth's work for some time now, I recently purchased the above piece created by Seth. I love the texture, the color, and the message.
Below are photos of a book made by Seth that I would LOVE to own. It is a hand made one-of-a-kind artist book called "An Object Found". A total of 10 pages, the book has been created using vintage materials and hand altered supplies. It measures 6.5" x 4.75" when closed. It is completely hand made and hand bound and has a vintage aged feel to it. You can read more about this available piece in Seth's etsy shop which you will find a link to on his Blog, The Altered Page. Make a visit ~ I know you will find it more than interesting.
http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com
Seth recently published a book, The Pulse of Mixed Media, which I intend to purchase on my next trip to the bookstore.

2 comments:

Jan said...: he does nice work. Or not nice, exactly, but interesting. I have that book on my wish list. I don't think it is out yet.; February 21, 2012 at 11:09 PM
Seth said...: Thanks so much Audrey for sharing my work and links in this post. It is wonderful to see where "Find Your Voice" will be living. Thank you also for the shout out about my book. It will be released and available in early to mid March.; February 22, 2012 at 11:29 AM

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