Goodnight Little Spoon: Collage

Feb 10, 2012

Collage | Scraps

+ Tonight's collaging. That 'Ugly Fat Can Ruin Your Life' ad is so ridiculous. Does the modern media deserve a pinch of credit for being more subtle in their body shaming? ...No.

I love collage. It is probably my favourite art making medium. The Sketchbook Project really challenged me and made me realise that I should be making more for myself in my own spare time. It was bittersweet to send that book away and know I'll never get to flip through all of my collages again. I really need to make myself a new journal (after going to book binding class I feel like I should never buy another journal again!) and start collaging in it. I like to collage while watching sports. I find that's when I'm at my collaging best. Tonight was Mad Men watching collage time.

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+ Collage 2, made from scraps of collage 1.

I really love the variety of collage. It is such a beautiful form of recycling. While I'm talking about my love for collage, I thought I'd share some images by my favourite artists who use collage in their work;

+ Peter Clark

+ Bill Zindel

+ Jordan Clarke

+ Lilliana Pereira

+ Julian Pacaud

+ Natalie Malik

+ Karena Colquhoun

+ Beth Hoeckel

+ James Drinkwater (street trash collage)

+ Dani Sanchis

+ Luci Everett

Who are some of your favourite artists? I'd love to know.

14 COMMENTS:

LaylaFebruary 10, 2012 2:13 AM
these are all so beautiful. and collages are an amazing way of art. love it :)
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cerebral eFebruary 10, 2012 2:45 AM
Your collages are so cool.

I love Brandi Strickland (Paper Whistles) and am lucky enough to own a couple of her originals and several prints.
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SarahFebruary 10, 2012 3:06 AM
There are just never enough words to describe how much I love your blog and the way your brain works! Awesome stuff, lady!
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No1SassyGrl...February 10, 2012 4:05 AM
I miss your old layout!!! :/ hugz
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ZaneFebruary 10, 2012 5:14 AM
great collages
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Liselotte Arty FartyFebruary 10, 2012 8:11 AM
I like... :)

Your new blogdesign is also very pretty!

Snowball-Greets from Austria
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Green Tea and CupcakesFebruary 10, 2012 8:23 AM
Wow those collages are amazing, I always love yours. Your so talented.
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Courtney SnookFebruary 10, 2012 11:44 AM
Wow! I'm embarrassed to say I'd never realised how much one can do with collage. I've seen many many collages, but I've never looked close enough and taken them in. Lessen learned!
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KelliFebruary 11, 2012 2:04 AM
Oh i LOVE Peter Clark's work! Those dogs are especially beautiful!

Also, totally loving the new theme!
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Michelle ClementFebruary 11, 2012 4:46 PM
I love your collages! And, oh - such great inspiration! :) I love this vancouver artist who does cool collage-like work: http://www.aydengallery.com/otherIndex.php?otherContent=artistsGallery.php&artistId=9&title=Ayden%20Gallery%20-%20Dave%C2%A0Barnes
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Julie HFebruary 12, 2012 2:36 PM
I'm dying over those collage dogs. This kind-of reminds me of Robert Rauschenberg. I love him.
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knitxcore.February 14, 2012 4:13 PM
i love bill zindel's stuff!
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Samira PhoenixFebruary 15, 2012 3:34 AM
wow. I love these art works!!!!!!

http://llkillu.blogspot.com
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LimnerFebruary 15, 2012 5:07 AM
Amazing. And quite nice.
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100 ideas by keri smith: 1. go for a walk. draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.
2. write a letter to yourself in the future.
3. buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). use it everyday.
4. draw your dinner.
5. find a piece of poetry you respond to. rewrite it and glue it into your journal.
6. glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.
7. expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) write about what moves you about it.
8. find a photo of a person you do not know. write a brief bio about them.
9. spend a day drawing only red things.
10. draw your bike.
11. make a list of everything you buy in the next week.
12. make a map of everywhere you went in one day.
13. draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm)
14. trace your footsteps with chalk.
15. record an overheard conversation.
16. trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.
17. go to a paint store. collect ‘chips’ of all your favorite colors.
18. draw your favorite tree.
19. take 15 minutes to eat an orange.
20. write a haiku.
21. hang upside down for five minutes.
22. hang found objects from tree branches.
23. make a puppet.
24. create an outdoor room from things you find in nature.
25. read a book in one day.
26. illustrate your grocery list.
27. read a story out loud to a friend.
28. write a letter to someone you admire.
29. study the face of someone you do not like.
30. make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white).
31. create a museum of very small things.
32. list the smells in your neighbourhood.
33. list 100 uses for a tin can.
34. fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. colour them in.
35. give away something you love.
36. choose an object, draw the side you can’t see.
37. list all of the places you’ve ever lived.
38. describe your favourite room in detail.
39. write about your relationship with your washing machine.
40. draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
41. make a mini book based on the theme, “my grocery list”.
42. create a character based on someone you know. write a list of personality traits.
43. recall your favorite childhood game.
44. put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.)
45. draw the same object every day for a week.
46. write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers.
47. draw the individual items of your favorite outfit.
48. make a useful item using only paper & tape.
49. research a celebration or ritual from another culture.
50. do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen.
51. draw a map of your favorite sitting spots in your town/city. (photocopy it and give it to someone you like.)
52. record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours.
53. using a grid, collect various textures from magazine and play them off of each other.
54. cut out all media for one day. write about the effects.
55. make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces.
56. draw your garbage.
57. do a morning collage.
58. list your ten most important things, (not including animals or people).
59. list ten things you would like to do every day.
60. glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal.
61. trasform some garbage.
62. write an entry in your journal in really LARGE letters.
63. collect some ‘flat’ things in nature (leaves, flowers). glue or tape them into your journal.
64. physically alter a page. (i.e. cut a hole, pour tea on it, burn it, fold it, etc.)
65. find several color combinations you respond to in public. document them using swatches, write where you found them.
66. write a journal entry describing something “secret”. cut it up into several pieces and glue them back in scrambled.
67. record descriptions or definitions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries.
68. draw the outline of an object without looking at the page. (contour drawing).
69. what were you thinking just now? write it down.
70. do nothing.
71. write a list of ten things you could to do. Do the last thing on the list.
72. create an image using dots.
73. do 3 drawings at different speeds.
74. put a small object in your left pocket (or in a bag), put your left hand in the pocket. draw it by feel.
75. create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life.
76. draw the sun.
77. create instructions for a simple everyday task.
78. make prints using food. (fruit and vegetables cut in half, fish, etc.)
79. find a photo. alter it by drawing over it.
80. write a letter using an unconventional medium.
81. draw one object for twenty minutes.
82. combine two activities that have not been combined before.
83. write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion. (i.e. organize by subject.)
84. write a list of all the things you do to escape.
85. cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. make a collage out of the results.
86. write an entry in code.
87. make a painting using tools from the bathroom.
88. work with a medium that is subtractive.
89. write about or draw some of the doors in your life.
90. make a postcard that has some kind of activity on it.
91. divise a journal entry using “layers”.
92. divise an entry using “layers”.
93. write your own definition of one of the following concepts, sitting, waiting, sleeping (without using the actual word.)
94. list 10 of your habits.
95. illustrate the concept of “simplicity”.
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