I found.....an altered book

We like browsing the "vide greniers" (flea markets) in France
and I could nearly not believe it -
I found this little guy for a few cents
he is now embellishing my farmhouse window sill
But for the moment he is still sitting on a stone bench in front of the house

This is his not very natural backside
It is showing his real genes - a book.
I wish I would be as far as that with my own creation.

About altered books

A most interesting page for me is the following: http://humument.com/
 by Tom Phillips - an English artist.
I found it through this page: http://www.earmark-decorative-painting-studio.com/humument.html

I hope to get inspired by this -

Altered books ???

I bought an old book on a street sale in France. Beautifully bound and really old with firm pages and mould stains inside what I really like, the brown ones and not dangerous. I have the idea to make an altered book. But goodness me, I started to read in it. It is Victor Hugo, a drama, Ruy Blas. I bet I will not be able to change its pages. I will have to hunt for another one, maybe in my own cupboard, this Victor Hugo is too precious for me.

Under the cover

The previous owner

The title page - the book is from 1838 -
I got it for 50 Euro Cent

It is a drama
and I am reading it slowly