Dark Side of the Moon

 She was beautifully out of place.

Dark Side of the Moon

Cut & paste paper collage, 11x14, 2024

Scroll-ology

The Northwest Collage Society has set an interesting theme for its next exhibition -- scrolls.  I've just finished my two submissions, and they were truly fun to make. "We Made a Map of the World But We Never Got To Use It" is simple rice paper scroll collaged with newspaper cutouts, tissue and decorative papers, hand-cut paper shapes and thread.  The images are abstract, but reminiscent of maps and globes.

"Modern Women" is a cotton fabric scroll created from some old hand-sewn quilting squares, collaged with cut-outs from early 1950's women's magazines.  The scroll hangs from a vintage wooden towel holder with hand-painted vegetables dancing across the top.

          
     

                        Modern Women, 10"x50"                       We Made a Map of the World, But We Never Got To Use It, 12"x50

 

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