Collage Tableau

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Drink Double Cola

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Here's another cigar box modified with map paper sanded down to give it a vintage look. I used Yes Paste to glue down the map paper. It works very well and I highly recommend it for projects like these. I found a Double Cola advertisement in a 1950's Life magazine I had lying around and decided to create my own piece in honor of Double Cola. Glass was cut and glued with a light application of silicone and then the men's smiling faces were glued on, also with a thin layer of silicone.

Cabinet of Curiosities

In this shadowbox, I used a variety of different graphics to make a veritable cabinet of curiosities. The background is a vintage cover from an old 1940's Popular Mechanics magazine. Most of the other graphics come from vintage books as well except for the bat to which I glued 2 red rhinestones. At the top is a La Mira vintage cigar box label glued onto the glass. Below the anatomical man with the blue ribs and heart is an old sanding block. In the middle of the block was a hole that fit a glass lens perfectly. I attached an old graphic of an eye into the glass lens. The U.S. Club House is also a vintage cigar label.

Dial 212 for New York

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This piece's objects were placed inside a colorful cigar box. I used 2 colored dice, a New York Christmas ornament, 4 old fuses and a vintage telephone dial as the centerpiece. In the background is a vintage star map graphic. The two astronauts are actual vintage graphics as well. The heads came from a vintage medical book and were placed on the astronauts head to give them a more vintage look. The compass isn't vintage but I liked the way it is in the middle of the telephone dial. You can still place your finger inside a dial hole and dial just like the old days.

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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