Some More People I Know

 More collage images from my recent artist's book called "People I Know, People I Don't Know:"

WIP -- People I Know

 I've been working on a new collaged artist's book to be called "People I Know, People I Don't Know."  Collage on mostly "found" pages, such as old music scores, scrapbook pages, a page from a vintage knitting instructional booklet, miscellaneous decorative paper and whatever else I find down in my studio.  I'll bind it with a soft cover, probably some variation of Japanese-style stab binding.  Here are a couple completed pages:

Him and Her

 Made a couple quick "reverse" collages yesterday.  I call them that because instead of pasting cut-outs onto the background, you cut a shape into the background and paste your cut-out to the back, so that it shows through the background.  They're quick and often striking, fun to do.

Her, 12x12, 2024

Cut & paste paper collage (magazine scraps)

Him, 12x12, 2024

Cut & paste paper collage (magazine scraps)

Assignment: Make a collage using no glue.

There Could Be a Different World, 7x10 2024

Cut & paste paper collage, no glue (thread, safety pin, vintage sewing snaps).

For the NWCS Winter Exchange Project.

 

Some Grayscale on a Gray Day

 Perhaps the weather has something to do with it.  My latest collage is muted grays and blacks, with a subject matter to match.  Winter.  Yeah.

Just Irritating, 2024, 12x12

Cut & paste paper collage

Heart Eyes Emoji

 Entry for the National Collage Society's 2024 small format (postcard) show:

Heart Eyes Emoji, 2024, 4x6

I Read the News Today -- WIP

 Like everyone else, I have way too many projects in various stages of completion -- some in notes, some all mapped out and "merely" needing completion, most in between somewhere.  So, of course, a day or two ago I got another bright idea, thought of a cool title, and I'm working on that, instead of EVERYTHING else.  I don't feel bad.  A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

So, basically I am tearing pieces of pages out of newspapers and using acrylic paint to highlight one detail from an image.  The pages are large, 11"x11", and they feel great.  Words? Not sure, we'll see. I'm having fun with it and I'll be interested to see what it becomes.  (Assuming I ever finish it, she said contritely...).

Here are the first 8 images: