Time Traveler

This piece continues my fascination with all things space and astronomy related. I also love old clocks and found this broken one at a local thrift store. It didn't have its housing but it turned out to be perfect to use in a mixed media piece.
The eyes are made from old glass fuses and the stars are Christmas ornaments. A medical illustration of a man shows the formation of his muscles but it is hidden by the large head, another medical illustration from an old anatomy book. Vintage map paper supplies the background.

Vacuum Tube Robot

A nice piece of foxed endpaper and some vintage electronics images from the 1955 electronic educational book Basic Electronics by Van Valkenburgh helped create this blue faced robot. 

Basic Electronics is filled with hundreds of images of vacuum tubes, capacitors, and funny pictures of electronic technicians. If you ever see a copy of this book at a thrift store, grab it. It's one of the best books I've seen for electronic graphics.

Check out my Vintage Science Set over at Flickr for images from this book.

The Forgotten Ghostess of Science

I'm not sure I will keep the title of this 3d collage created just last week. Just can't seem to find a title I'm truly satisfied with.
In any case, I am fascinated with old instruments and technology and love to incorporate it into collages when I can. In this particular piece, I wanted to depict a ghostly woman rising from old technology in a perhaps not so subtle hint that women have often been ignored about their contributions to the industrial revolution and technological advances in particular. However it is natural that those who view this piece will have their own interpretations of what it means to them and that I find fascinating in itself.
The instrument on the right is a vintage meteorological mechanism.
Most of the paper used in this collage was not vintage in origin, sans the ribcage used as a transparent skirt.

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.

Sequence Mechanika

A few new pieces - Molecules and Butterflies

Here are a few new pieces I've cut out for a collage that will be used in a future project.
I've got a couple of good ideas so I'm hoping this weekend will be productive!

Force That Holds The Universe Together

Force That Holds The Universe Together
3D collage completed December 2009
using mostly vintage paper

Winging Astronomie

Winging Astronomie

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