Too hot to go to the studio today (43 C – 110 F) so I’m working in the house studio. Messing up the the large table, workbench, I just painted for Xmas dinner. It will now become stained and marked until, I paint it for the next event, or next lot of visitors.
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Making collage with vintage and rust papers.
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The process of tearing and pasting helps me to slow down and be in the moment. Something I need right now after the rush of appointments and Christmas.
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I’m using lots of old paper and pages from antique French magazines disintegrated from age and torn from the long trip back in my luggage, from Paris.
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So, I have been using them in my mixed media and collage projects.
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On one trip to France I bought home a heap of middle eastern cake papers. I think they were $1 a pack. So I got a mix of colours. They are great for adding pattern and texture.
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The inside of window envelopes have great patterns for collage. I often use envelopes to make little books and peepholes in the book pages.
Collages finished today.
Collage 1. Delivery
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Collage 2. The Carriers
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Collage 3. Mardlarking. Thames.
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Collage 4. Salvage
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