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Moonorail

Mare Vaporum

6" x 9"

Collage on antique photo card


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Blast Off! April 2012

Measures 8" x 19"

Beneath the Surface, Wishes Do Come True

I created this piece for a dear friend of mine, Regina. She loves all sorts of motley characters: fairies (also known as fae), Dryads, Nymphs, Rhine Maidens, Sprites, Astarté (Sister Moon who runs with the wolves), Satyrs, The Green Man and Centaurs. I tried hard to come up with a theme that would somewhat fit with things she likes. Sometimes it can be difficult to do because finding specific pieces for a collage that is feasible with the interests of the person for which your collage is intended is often quite a challenge. And challenges are fun, particularly when they have to do with art and specifically collage and mixed media.

Let's talk about the background. Underneath the strange characters and the eyes watching over the fae is a page altered by a popular cleaner. The background is page from National Geographic magazine. But why does that page look so strange with its round circles that hint at some psychedelic salmagundi from the 60's? Citrasolv. Citrasolv is a cleaner that smells strongly of oranges. Sometimes the smell can be overwhelming. What is interesting about this cleaner is that it has interactions with certain types of paper in an unusual way. Someone somewhere discovered that the special slick paper that National Geographic uses in its magazines combined with an generous application of Citrasolv creates beautiful pieces of new paper. Type in "Citrasolv art" in your favorite search engine and you will find many pages on using this versatile cleaner in art projects. Even  YouTube offers instructional videos on creating pages and transfers using it.



I always enjoy making collages for others. I hope she likes this one. It's for her birthday coming up in September.

Morris' Internal Astronaut

This is a shadowbox I was lucky enough to find at a thrift store. Shadowboxes seem to be difficult to find in thrifts so I was happy to find a couple of these.
Morris' Internal Astronaut has a vintage astronomy page as the background with a nice bright planet to shine some light on the astronaut. The anatomical man running is from a vintage book as is the moon rocks piece glued onto the glass with a light layer of silicone. The rocket was found in a science book. The astronaut in the background is from an old vintage paperback. The radio tube is also vintage paper as is the spaceship in the lower right hand corner. The toy compass was found in a Dollar Tree store. I really enjoyed creating this piece and am happy that its new owner loves it so much.

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Your Weight on the Moon

Simple Machine

Courting the Universe July 2010

Made for my niece for her birthday. She loves astronomy like I do. The collage is 3 D as are most of my collages.

Winging Astronomie

Winging Astronomie

Collage honoring the art of flying - handmade 3D using mostly vintage paper