Molly Peacock’s Book Unearths Mary Delany’s Paper Garden

Michelle Casey, "Body Talk", Mixed Media/Collage, June 7 2010 features Mary Delany's embroidery work in the background.

With several projects on the go, I haven’t had much time to read this year. Even still, I’m slowly ploughing through several books. One is Molly Peacock’s: The Paper Garden; the true story of eighteenth century […]

August 22nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art History, Artist Portrait, Book Review, Books, Collage, Collage Techniques, Eco-Friendly Art, Glue, Mixed Media, Mixed Media Gift Ideas, Uncategorized | 2 comments

Creating Collage Using Daily Life Ephemera:

Untitled, Collage Journal Page, February 11, 2011

Yesterday, I gave a visual journaling workshop at my friend/artist Wendy Southin’s studio: Dragonfly Dreams. Here’s a fun exercise we tried using recycled bits of material from our daily lives to create journal pages. This method was derived from the work of twentieth century German Dada* […]

February 21st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Art History, Collage, Collage Courses, Collage Techniques, Collage Tips, Collage Workshops, Journal Page, Journaling, Visual Journaling | 6 comments

Getting to Know Collage Definition, History & Techniques

"Medici Princess", Joseph Cornell, 1948, Assemblage

When I started announcing my upcoming collage show in June, I got many strange looks from folks. Collaging – “What’s that?” they asked. I usually began with well… in French “colle” means “to glue”… . Long story short, collaging can be as simple as taking pieces paper […]

August 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art History, Collage | Leave a comment
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