Mr. Elbert's Roach Destroyer

The background of this piece is made of old dictionary pages dyed with homemade alcohol ink. The small circuit board pieces are from an old cassette deck and a digital camera. There is a tiny bulb hanging from a wire attached to the circuit board which I soldered to attach it to the circuit board. A very old wrench, possibly made in the early 1900's (just a guess from its design and lack of a logo) was siliconed underneath the picture of the bearded fellow. A vintage pesticide label was glued to the lower part of the backing.

BLUE SEAL mixed media assemblage

Created from a small cigar box painted and dyed with old dictionary paper and alcohol ink. Also a couple of small toys, some blue Christmas ornaments, an old fuse and the centerpiece, a Brownie Starmite II camera made between 1962 and 1967. Also used a Blue Seal vintage cigar label for the top and the picture of the boy and man came also from another vintage cigar label.
Picture by my talented photographer artist friend, Kopana

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Your Weight on the Moon

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Another 3D collage with vintage and non-vintage papers.

The Joy of Rejection

The Darkening of the Light

Simple Machine

Mechanical Man

Born of Frustration

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

Verboten

              My first Dada inspired piece. Verboten means the word "forbidden" in German.

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2 new collages with vintage ledger paper used for the background.

Catching Dali in the Moon

This piece celebrates Dali in a subtle, surreal kind of way. Several pieces of vintage paper were cut out and utilized for this piece.

The Running of the Meats

The meat picture came from a 1950's recipe booklet entitled How To Freeze Foods. The 3 running children were cut from an old book about how to be a good parent. Apparently this collage has been making the rounds on Tumblr. Pretty cool.

Let's Bury Tomorrow