How Are You?

How Are You?, collage on orange book cover

Sometimes I discover nonsensical sense hidden in these old book cover pieces...

bells
broken
silly
Molly
sobbing

My mamma always said that silliness leads to crying.

New Collage

See Baby, original collage on book cover

Making Beds, original collage on book cover

Right, original collage on book cover

Like A Bridge, original collage on book cover

Do You Love Me?, original collage on book cover

These new collage pieces feature images from a 1940's children's health textbook and an old encyclopedia dating from around the same period. Collocating the saturated color imagery with black and white lithographs, photos and other scraps (including this and this) resulted in a collection with a slightly dark, nostalgic bent.

In other news I'm signing off for a long-ish weekend to visit family. I'll see you in July!

Mirage

Mirage, original collage on green book cover

“It is not down on any map; true places never are.”

 - Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

High Seas

High Seas, original collage on physiology book cover

A pair of book cover collage pieces with oceanic themes will be posted in the shop this evening. I'll be back in a bit with one more...enjoy!

Breakfast Collage

Breakfast, collage on old book cover



I've created a short time-lapse video so you can see this collage take shape one piece at a time. Picked up one of these so I could mount my phone directly over my workspace. Hoping to make more process videos to share with you in the future. Have a beautiful weekend!

Shells Collage

Shells, original collage on book page

I found this collage tucked under a pile of books last night. Totally forgot about it after I made it a few weeks ago. What a nice surprise to discover work I forgot I ever created!

Sunstroke Collage

Sunstroke, original collage on book cover

I've been scruffling (new word anyone?!) around in piles of paper and old books. Trying my best to whittle down my collection. As a result there is lots of new collage coming down the pipeline this week including some Spring-ish bricolage pieces. I'm so in the mood for Spring...only 16 more days!

And...since I've got cabin fever I'm going to be "spring-cleaning" at Sushipot this week, a continuation of this plan. All of the art blocks will be marked 1/2 off 'till next Sunday, March 10th. Keep checking back as I'll try to round up some of the old stock and put 'em in too.

Collage Pendants

Spent a bit of time fiddling around in the studio this weekend and came up with some new collage pendants. They are on a smaller scale than these and the miniature collage was created using leftover scraps from this pile. I was quite pleased with the abstract patterns that emerged and am thinkin' I may have to keep one for myself.

Sicilian Message

Sicilian Message, original collage on book cover

Pure Kaleidoscope

Speaking of recently acquired crewelwork I must show you this incredible piece. In a spontaneous ebay bid I won this pure kaleidoscope of needlework. I was drawn to its color (who couldn't be?), its Springtimey-abstract-landscapish feel and most definitely my favorite part of many things....its backside. It didn't hurt that the project was started in the Spring of 1974 (my birth year) and I love the fact that it was completed over 4 years later and didn't become one of those unfinished projects that plague many makers of things. I would love to tell Christen Baldwin--wherever she is now--that the piece of needlework she painstakingly invested hours of stitching is being wholly admired and enjoyed by me and mine.

Sketchbook: Chair

Chair.

It has been months since I've posted a page from my sketchbook and I have to admit I've been out of the habit. Anyhow, I picked it back up the other day and added to this page over the last few evenings. I always save the smallest bits and snippets from my collage work to use on my sketchbook pages.

Collage Pendants

A few more of my Couture Collage pendants have been posted in the shop. Enjoy!

Sketchbook: The Power

The power.

For this sketchbook collage I limited myself to a few scraps of paper that I had thrown away from various projects earlier in the week.

Lizzie joined me yesterday for an afternoon of collage. I love how she drew those tiny bodies on the heads.