Mare Vaporum

6" x 9"

Collage on antique photo card


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Blast Off! April 2012

Measures 8" x 19"

Anatomie

I wanted to construct a collage that was a tribute to Salvador Dalí. This was the result.

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.

Untitled

Various pieces culled from a fashion magazine. The black and white, sleek legs is vintage paper from the 1950's.

Through the Looking Glass

Duty Now For the Future

Alfred Hitchcock's alter ego

Mad Scientist

3D collage with cut out images of scientific images from vintage paper.

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Visage of Lepidoptera

Another 3D piece. I use cut and paste to create my collages.

Welcome Intro

Hello and welcome to my collage blog.

Over the summer, I became enthralled with collage art of all types. In August, I created my first collage. I found it to be so much fun and satisfying I kept creating more. I've now branched out into incorporating more 3D images in my art. Common themes are science (particularly astronomy) and technology.
I search all over my city for old books to use in my art. I prefer vintage books as those seem to have more attractive illustrations to my eye. However I also use current magazine pages. Part of the fun is the treasure hunt of finding a special book to use in collage.
Creating also is a form of relaxation for me - a veritable zen - when I search inside the books I've brought home to find a hidden illustrated gem. And cutting out the piece properly can take quite some time.
I hope you'll enjoy looking at the collages I created.
I'll also be including intriguing and comical illustrations I have found in my books. Enjoy and thanks for reading!