Student Spotlight: Connie’s Journey from Quilter to Collagist!

Connie Howes-Davidson's second journal page (Collage, 5 x 7 inches, February 2012) which was inspired by a favourite quilt. Quote: “A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” Arsène Houssaye

Connie Howes-Davidson was lured to my Collage Journaling Workshop by her friend Ruby who caught my show at the […]

May 6th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Collage, Collage Courses, Collage Techniques, Collage Tips, Collage Workshops, Eco-Friendly Art, Health and Art, Journal Page, Journaling, Mixed Media, Student Spotlight, Teaching, Uncategorized, Visual Journal, Visual Journaling | Leave a comment

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