Fantastic book!, 23 Sep 2008
I loved this book, it is both inspirational and instructional. I continually go back to the book for ideas, inspiration and for practical help. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in collage or making stuff for the pleasure and connection it brings them.

Inspiring book, 22 Oct 2007
Full of excellent illustrations, ideas and inspiration for anyone interested in altered books and scrapbooks

Fantastic book!, 23 Sep 2008
I loved this book, it is both inspirational and instructional. I continually go back to the book for ideas, inspiration and for practical help. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in collage or making stuff for the pleasure and connection it brings them.

Inspiring book, 22 Oct 2007
Full of excellent illustrations, ideas and inspiration for anyone interested in altered books and scrapbooks

Why Collage, 26 May 2006
`Why Collage' is a colourful and descriptive narrative of the author's journey into this increasingly popular practice. In the opening chapter, William Cooper retraces his past to when an interest in art began as a schoolboy. He freely admits that he became inspired to paint by weekly visits to an art shop in Camden Town called `Robertson's', `a shop stocked to the ceiling with paints, brushes and palettes, a true Mecca for real artists'. Famous London landmarks are captured in a fresh and imaginative way with Trafalgar Square's traffic accentuated by the newspaper text road surface. In the industrial series, smoking chimneys, groups of paper people and old working mines evoke a powerful Lowry-like atmosphere to the pictures. The Welsh valleys and images of workers strikes and football matches, portray a mix of melodrama and nostalgia that fits the subject matter so well. William Cooper's book is a delightful compilation of arresting collages, invaluable for anyone interested in this burgeoning language of art.