PAPERWERKS

The Hornet's nest

2011-11-28T19:18:00.002-05:00

The Hornet's nest, a photo by paperwerks on Flickr.

My son has been posting things on Flickr and Etsy for me. Guess he got tired of writing:) This is another older collage that I have for sale on Etsy for $5.00. I love this collage (I know, I know, we aren't supposed to say that about our own art, right?) It makes me smile -- I think because the vintage insect cards were such a find. They've been great to work with.

Haircut

2011-11-27T17:57:00.001-05:00

Haircut, a photo by paperwerks on Flickr.

tulip mania

2011-11-25T17:28:00.001-05:00

tulip mania, a photo by paperwerks on Flickr.

point of collision

2011-11-25T16:55:00.001-05:00

point of collision, a photo by paperwerks on Flickr.

SALE!

2011-11-25T15:44:00.000-05:00

There is now a sale on all large collages. They are all selling for 5.00 dollars

Blue pie

2011-11-25T15:42:00.002-05:00

Blue pie, a photo by paperwerks on Flickr.

This is an older collage that was living in a frame that I needed. So now it needs a new home! It would love to come live at your house! This will be listed in my Etsy shop today!

golden leaves

2011-11-25T14:58:00.001-05:00

golden leaves, a photo by paperwerks on Flickr.

another oldie but goodie

score | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

2011-11-25T14:37:00.002-05:00

score | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This is an older ACEO collage that I am selling to make room for new works. The price is 10.00 dollars. It uses vintage papers.

Flowers Everywhere | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

2011-11-25T11:59:00.002-05:00

Flowers Everywhere | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Small mixed media work for sale on Etsy. It's been a long time since I've been able to work in my studio and I am grateful for every moment I have in there this weekend!

Something was a Little bit Different About Bobby that day...

2011-11-24T20:56:00.001-05:00

Something was a Little bit Different About Bobby that day..., a photo by paperwerks on Flickr.

My newest collage. A little experiment with grasscloth and vintage book illustrations.

Two Coats of Paint: How-to video: Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh poured pai...

2011-07-20T15:10:00.000-04:00

Two Coats of Paint: How-to video: Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh poured pai...: "'The team, made up of friends from Iepe’s chess boxing club, rented official German railway bicycles and rigged them with buckets at the..."

this is the coolest video! wish i had the nerve.

abstract monotype

2011-05-09T20:47:00.001-04:00

one of the very cool things about working on a gelatin plate is the ability to work fast and make many prints quickly. but just like taking photographs, not all of them will make the cut.

school is almost over

2011-05-08T22:42:00.000-04:00

the year is drawing to a close. it's been a satisfying one professionally for me as as a teacher, and a frustrating one for me as an artist. since my son is about to turn 14, we'll just leave the parenting part out of the equation for right now, lol.

i realized tonight that i only posted one monotype to this blog last time i wrote way too long ago. while i made some intentionally kitschy prints for fun and for presents, i really was interested in experimenting with more abstract concepts. i love working with materials accessible to anyone, hence my newest love affair with gelatin plates for printing. give me some gelatin, paints or inks of some kind and some paper and i am ready to go. don't even need a brayer. in fact, the pressure from the brayer tends to quicken the breakdown of the gelatin. this can make for some interesting prints, but i prefer to keep the surface intact for as long as possible.

all of this series is printed on vintage dictionary paper. of course the rejects i have saved for future collage endeavors:)

tea cup

2011-01-16T00:40:00.001-05:00

tea cup one
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

one of my gelatin monoprint experiments from when we were snowed in this week. some of the prints are kinda kitschy, but most of those are intended for specific people.

blue baby

2011-01-15T23:59:00.001-05:00

blue baby
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

i would love for blue baby to find a good home! please leave a comment if you interested in receiving this as a special gift from me!

the next give away

2010-12-26T23:21:00.000-05:00

sorry that i made the last give away decision so quickly, but it was a no brainer! mel and i "met" on flickr, and now we are friends on facebook, twitter, and our blogs, and i think stumbleupon, too. so despite that we are hundreds of miles apart, i count mel as a good friend. PLUS -- mel so generously donated to my favorite charity for my birthday, it just seemed like a natural fit!

so, mel, you are out of the running on this one, friend:)

this square collage is four inches per side. i used handmade paper, some very old and delicate hand blocked wallpaper, tissue, found papers, and part of a vintage sewing pattern.

it is not matted. i've found some 8 x 8 inch frames with mats at target that look great with these collages if you are interested in framing it.

changes, changes

2010-12-26T21:28:00.000-05:00

it's time for a change. change in my art, change in my life to make sure i have time to make art. the collages i will be posting/reposting are ones that need to go to new homes. i don't believe in having "sales" on art -- i'd rather gift a piece. in fact, i'd just as soon share my work with friends and family as sell it, anyway.

the past year or so has been a busier and harder than i would like. i returned to teaching august of '09 when i was offered a job teaching high school students with chronic and persistent mental illness. (i was out of the classroom for two years and worked as the disability program navigator for southeast tennessee.) i absolutely love teaching students with emotional/behavioral disorders. it's challenging, exhausting, and i'm very good at it. i love the fact that i get to use my creative side each and every day. in theory i should have plenty of down time as a teacher to work on my art but...

i also had to return to graduate school for two semesters to finish classes to complete requirements for my licensure. tennessee is horrible what it does to post baccelaurate intitial licensure candidates. so far i have taken 60 hours of mostly graduate education classes, and i still have three or four more classes to go if i want to get that m.ed. i'm taking a break to decide if i really want to put the time and effort and money into it. i have my permanent teaching license now, and i miss making art.

so...leave a comment and tell me why you would like to have this collage come live with you! i make no claims to have any specific process in place here! i have a good number of my smaller collages to send out into the world. i will post them as i am so inclined -- i make no promises what the frequency will be, lol. 10 minutes? 2 weeks? who knows? i've been incredibly erratic with my little blog.

as i post give away collages here, i will remove them from my artfire shop, but not imagekind. i am reserving the right to sell prints of the original works.

so tell me what you think! would you like some new art for your office or home? or something as a belated christmas gift? or how about a gift for yourself?

happy holidays!

new collage

2010-09-12T10:33:00.003-04:00

something i learned from my friend and artist extraordinaire, don't throw paper away. ever. no matter how small. cathy made the most amazing collage from scraps of paper she pulled from my studio trash can. lesson learned! so here is one of my new collages, "a face in the crowd," made from snips of paper left over from a collage making frenzy. i am now selling my art on artfire, and this collage is listed there http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=1797145

new collage book

2010-04-25T20:26:00.005-04:00

Masters: Collage: Major Works by Leading Artists can now be preordered from Amazon at a significant discount. randel plowman (acollageaday.blogspot.com) is the editor and i am one of 40 collage artists included in the book, published by lark. it is such an incredible honor to be included in this book -- i have seen some of the other artists' work and it is impressive. the link to amazon is http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Collage-Major-Leading-Artists/dp/1600591086. i have heard it is also available for preordering at barnes and noble, also.

blueboy

2010-01-07T20:46:00.001-05:00

blueboy
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

this is the collage that is the companion to the collage below. i'm hoping that the same person will get them both. it's also listed as a pay it forward item in my shop -- www.paperwerks.etsy.com.

pinkgirl

2010-01-07T20:45:00.001-05:00

pinkgirl
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

i just listed this and it's companion collage on etsy as pay it forward items, along with some other pif and sale collages. (pay it forward items sell for the twenty cent listing fee, then you do a good deed for someone else.)

blue and gray

2009-12-13T22:32:00.001-05:00

blue and gray
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

just relisted on etsy. it's sister collage has been sold:)

an extra pair of hands

2009-10-19T18:35:00.001-04:00

an extra pair of hands
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

birdonabranch

2009-10-19T12:59:00.001-04:00

birdonabranch
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

my newest aceo.

framednotchontheleftside

2009-10-19T11:37:00.001-04:00

framednotchontheleftside
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

this is what notch on the left side looks like framed. no mat, but i think the small collages do fine without. any opinions?

notch on left side

2009-10-19T00:45:00.001-04:00

notch on left side
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

a tragic occurrance

2009-10-17T15:30:00.002-04:00

i started to label this event as an accident, but i'm not much inclined to believe in them. there are so many things that happen in life that we deem accidents that we really have a hand in without recognizing or admitting.

my son, the sweetest boy on earth, is responsible for our pets. i have warned him repeatedly to close the lid on the cat food container. two weeks ago he forgot. again. only this time, the consequences were far more horrible than either of us would have imagined.

athena, our tortoise shell cat, apparently jumped into the container, and when she did, the lid slammed down. we came home hours later to a suffocated cat. and alex knowing that he had unintentionally killed his own pet. life teaches some incredibly difficult lessons.

abstract collage 1

2009-10-15T21:02:00.002-04:00

abstract collage 1
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

this collage came about as a result of my determination to reuse everything possible in my art! i keep a small bowl on my art table just to hold small trimmings from other collages, and this was the result.

gelatin monoprinting

2009-07-31T17:37:00.002-04:00

i'm between jobs and won't get a paycheck until late august -- so the fridge is pretty darned bare! so what better time to make a gelatin plate and experiment with some techniques that i've been wanting to try? the monoprint above is one i made a couple of years ago as part of a series. these will be listed in my etsy shop at www.paperwerks.etsy.com if you would like to check them out.

a couple of my other favorite gelatin print makers are mary buek, whose work i found on flickr. she's a fabulous collage artist, also. http://www.flickr.com/photos/19845158@N00/2365289612/. i also like kathleen garner, who includes very explicit instructions for gelatin printing on her website at http://harborview-arts.com/kathleen_garner/gelatin_printing.html.

crooked letter press is a place i return to frequently for inspiration. ellen knudson makes lovely, monoprints using a gelatin plate using stencils and a (mostly) subdued color palate. her gelatin prints are quite reasonable priced between ten and twenty-five dollars.

Poppy One

Gelatin Plate Monoprint.
Three colors. 10" x 11.25"

there is a lot worth looking at on her site, but the link to the prints is http://www.crookedletterpress.com/2Prints.html.

enjoy!

it's summer

2009-07-20T22:25:00.001-04:00

i cut my hair off today (been letting it grow for over six months) and and dyed it mahogany. so to celebrate i'm haing an etsy sale -- www.paperwerks.etsy.com.

buy one aceo or 4" collage and get one of your choice for free!

happy summer!

art from nature

2009-07-12T21:59:00.006-04:00

a few years ago my son and his best friend, who were about 8 at the time, constructed a sculpture in my driveway from large smooth stones, bricks, and cement blocks. i loved that sculpture both for the sponteneity they exibited while building it and the artistic expression of two little boys.

so when i ran across escher's flickr stream (richard shilling) it became one of my frequent stops. he makes art from nature in the vein of andy goldsworthy and is a talent in his own right.

you can get to the flickr photos of his work at http://www.flickr.com/people/escher1/
it's a destination well worth checking out, as is his blog at www.jrlandart.blogspot.com.

richard also has a book titled "land art." i will definitely be putting this on my wish list!

Land Art by Richard Shilling

enjoy! and while you are at flickr, don't forget to take a look at my photos there, too! http://www.flickr.com/photos/paperwerks/

new gift tags

2009-06-29T22:56:00.002-04:00

these are my new tags made from one of my large collage sheets. they are 1 3/8s in diameter. i think this scan is sort of funny -- it makes me think of some kind of weird vegetable, like beets or something! i'll work some on getting better photos before i list these on etsy.

painting in progress

2009-06-23T22:49:00.001-04:00

painting in progress
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

this is the beginning of a large (2' x 4') mixed media piece that i am doing on plywood. if anyone has any experience working on plywood, please share them with me! i'm not sure where this is going as a painting, but i know it is going to hang outside for the summer. my experiment in weathering, as it were:)

there are times

2009-06-20T21:43:00.001-04:00

there are times
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

this is a painting that will most likely never go into my etsy shop. it's highly personal and a good reminder of where i have been and how much better things are now. that said, there were some happy accidents technique-wise and discoveries about some of the properties of the paint i was using that i would love to pursue working with again soon.

threebows

2009-06-09T02:34:00.001-04:00

threebows
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

as i was going through my listings on etsy and looking at which collages to put on sale, i realized that this little aceo never got posted anywhere! i love the vintage orange and white fabric (thanks, randel! www.acollageaday.blogspot.com). the rest of the papers are all vintage scaps from my huge stockpile of papers. this will get posted in my etsy shop tomorrow:)

blueboy

2009-06-08T20:35:00.001-04:00

blueboy
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

the second collage of the set, "blueboy."

pinkgirl

2009-06-08T20:33:00.001-04:00

pinkgirl
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

my poor neglected blog. here you go -- a pair of collages.

google stuff i'm trying

2009-05-09T21:23:00.000-04:00

google11cb58a273e8a426.html

a few more of my new moo cards

2009-04-12T16:25:00.001-04:00

a few of my new moo cards
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

i went ummm, a little crazy, making my first set of moo cards. i think i made over 50 different designs! my two oldest friends came over yesterday -- one now lives in chicago and the other california -- and took a small stack each. it was a lovely afternoon.

oregonstreet

2009-04-12T16:05:00.001-04:00

oregonstreet
Originally uploaded by paperwerks

this collage was made on a postcard blank made of watercolor paper by strathmore from my stash of found and vintage papers. the upper right hand corner has the return address from my package from printtroll, from when he sent my swarm. thank you, printtroll! not only do i have a wonderful swarm of miniprints, you provided some good collage material:)

s is for shoe

2009-04-05T19:08:00.003-04:00

some of my best memories are spending monday nights, "art night," with my sister and one of my closest friends. we working in clay, painted, made collages -- anything that we wanted. at the time there was a wonderful art center where we could pay a nominal fee per night and use the space. it was also open pottery studio night, so we we joined by other creative types:) at one point we decided to make an alphabet book -- hence "s is for shoe." we each made one print, so three letters were completed.

a few years after that i decided that i missed the collaboration and gentle critique of having a regular group and i started an art group with three other women. it didn't last terribly long -- two of us were working full time and in graduate school -- but it was invaluable. this next weekend i'm going to franklin, tn, to meet some other etsy artists. i know we won't be able to meet that often, but i'm very much looking forward to it.

fly

2009-04-05T18:06:00.005-04:00

i worked all weekend on making art and going through my huge stash of papers to decide what to get rid of. i am having storage issues! this is one of the postcards on watercolor that i made this weekend in the 10 minute collage tradition:)

how to draw a bunny

2009-04-03T22:16:00.004-04:00

i finally watched "how to draw a bunny" about ray johnson tonight. thank you randel (acollageaday.blogspot.com). sometimes a great piece of cinema is like a great work of literature -- you have to see it or read it at just the right time for it to make sense in your life.

i've been making postcard collages tonight -- just a coincidence. i'll post some later this weekend depending on how they come out. for some reason the mat medium i usually use with watercolor paper doesn't want to work on the watercolor postcards. go figure.

this is, of course, one of ray johnson's collages.

working large

2009-03-30T20:54:00.004-04:00

i love working large. not that i don't enjoy the 4 x 4 inch collages, mind you. but they entail an entirely different process than the large mixed media pieces i do on canvas. the mixed media works take a loooong time to finish -- sometimes months. i put them up somewhere in my house and let them catch my eye at unexpected times -- an idea will start to form about what my next step is -- but i will wait until i can't stand it and have to work some more. i flat out abuse the canvas on the larger pieces, too. sanding, scraping, gouging, more sanding, glueing paper down simply to be ripped back off. lots of physicality. so here's mona. she barely fits in the back of my little car. she's finished:)

moo cards!

2009-03-26T20:31:00.003-04:00

these are just a sample of the moo cards that i ordered and just received. what a great art week, swarm number 15 is now in my possession, and my business cards have arrived. i think moo does an exceptional job -- they cards are beautiful. i love how many different images i can put on them and how easy it was. i got both traditional sized business cards and the small moo cards. i will definitely be reordering from them when these are gone!

if you want to see how a few more cards turned out, check out my flickr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paperwerks/

again, swarm

2009-03-25T20:58:00.002-04:00

i am so happy to say that i am the proud new keeper of swarm 15. i haven't figured out how i am going to set up the swarm's abode, so i don't have pics yet. but printtroll is a genious. pure and simple. the swarm is just about the coolest thing ever. i suggest that everyone obtain a swarm. your life will improve. you will become instantly hip. you will lose 10 pounds and grow 2 inches taller.

visit printtroll and you, too, can be a keeper! (links in previous post.)

the swarm

2009-03-20T05:50:00.004-04:00

i love flickr. there are so many incredible artists from around the world -- sometimes you have to search a bit -- but well worth the effort.

so now i have a new favorite (sorry randel -- from acollageaday -- you now have competition!

printtroll is a fabulous printmaker and -- never thought this possible -- a bigger packrat and collector of all things paper than i am. his swarm series is fabulous! and i am happy to say that i won a free swarm by posting on his blog http://www.printtroll.com/. my new nickname is miss persistant. i like that. it paid off for me wonderfully:)

so now i am a keeper of a swarm. i plan on being the best keeper there is.

check out robroy's work on etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5238404§ion_id=5995707, and on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/printtroll/.

7

2009-02-23T19:55:00.002-05:00

10.00 aceo -- collage on watercolor paper made with handmade, vintage and miscellaneous papers

myself, here for ages

2009-02-22T18:52:00.002-05:00

$10.00 aceo on watercolor paper with antique letter and handmade paper

del

2009-02-22T15:59:00.003-05:00

10.00 aceo on watercolor paper using vintage papers and tissue

bird of my heart

2009-02-22T13:57:00.000-05:00

SOLD
Aceo using vintage papers and vintage bird illustration

cut 2

2009-02-22T13:05:00.004-05:00

$10.00 aceo, free shipping

time to regroup

2009-02-22T10:46:00.002-05:00

after many months of ill health, family issues, too much work and wintertime dullness, i'm finally back to work. with deadlines looming i've returned to my dining room turned studio with all the fear and apprehension one can feel after a long absence from art making. so here is one of the aceos i made yesterday. i have several large canvases waiting, and a couple of unfinished mixed media pieces to work on before life intrudes again -- my son will be back home at 4:00. the push is on!

athena

2008-10-19T09:36:00.003-04:00

athena is a beautiful tortoise shell cat. she's a little crazy, chasing the other cats, racing up and down two flights of stairs by herself, as if evil spirits are chasing her. athena was a rescue cat -- she was found with three kittens dehydrated and starving in a bucket in a house under construction. we also took one of the kittens, socks.

butter and brown sugar

2008-10-13T08:27:00.001-04:00

25.00 4"x4" collage on paper

beehives

2008-10-13T08:21:00.002-04:00

25.00 6"x6" mixed media on wood. ready to hang.

zigzag

2008-10-12T08:44:00.003-04:00

25.00 4"x4" collage on paper

vincent

2008-10-12T08:40:00.004-04:00

25.00 4" x 4" square collage

SOLD

tulip mania

2008-10-09T06:28:00.003-04:00

25.00 4" x 4" collage on paper

the masses

2008-10-09T06:23:00.003-04:00

25.00 4" x 4" collage on paper

solid line

2008-10-08T19:04:00.002-04:00

25.00 4" x 4" collage on paper

seams and darts

2008-10-08T19:01:00.003-04:00

25.00 4" x 4" collage on paper

s

2008-10-06T20:56:00.001-04:00

25.00 4" x 4" collage on paper

put on a happy face

2008-10-06T20:53:00.002-04:00

25.00 4" x 4" collage on watercolor paper

SOLD

ideal blends

2008-10-05T21:03:00.001-04:00

4" x 4" collage 25.00

equestrians

2008-10-05T21:00:00.001-04:00

25.00

curves

2008-10-05T20:58:00.001-04:00

SOLD
SOLD

ten little indians

2008-10-03T20:58:00.003-04:00

$25.00 4" x 4" collage on paper

789

2008-10-03T20:54:00.003-04:00

$25.00 4" x 4" abstract mixed media on paper

SOLD

counting song

2008-10-03T20:47:00.002-04:00

$25.00 4" x 4" collage on watercolor paper support

the boot

2008-10-03T20:37:00.001-04:00

SOLD

leaves of gold

2008-10-03T20:18:00.003-04:00

$25.00 4" x 4" collage on paper

monkeying around

2008-09-30T22:24:00.003-04:00

$10.00 aceo collage on paper

abstract collage

2008-09-24T20:08:00.007-04:00

$25.00 4" x 6" collage on archival mat board

1 + 2

2008-09-24T20:03:00.005-04:00

$25.00 4" x 6" collage on archival mat board

misguided love

2008-09-23T19:54:00.005-04:00

$10.00 aceo collage on paper

cube

2008-09-21T12:57:00.004-04:00

$25.00

xxx

2008-09-20T11:04:00.003-04:00

$10.00

i think i am i hear

2008-09-20T10:59:00.003-04:00

$25.00

evil 3

2008-09-11T17:57:00.000-04:00

evil 2

2008-09-08T21:09:00.001-04:00

evil 1

2008-09-07T20:09:00.000-04:00

yellow bird

2008-09-07T11:41:00.004-04:00

$25.00

mini collages

2008-09-06T12:56:00.004-04:00

$2.00 each

these collages measure 2" x 2". they were a ton of fun to make and i have hundreds of them! they are only two dollars each -- buy as many as you want. random selection.

red flower

2008-09-06T10:34:00.004-04:00

$25.00

two flowers

2008-09-04T18:55:00.002-04:00

$25.00

rocker

2008-09-04T05:30:00.003-04:00

$25.00

everyone was sleeping

2008-09-03T05:28:00.004-04:00

$25.00

SOLD

the masses

2008-09-01T19:44:00.005-04:00

$25.00

drug store

2008-08-31T22:16:00.004-04:00

$25.00
i found a wonderful old children's book a few weeks ago and used that tonight in a quicky collage. i'm not as happy with this as some others, but i love the image of the boy. so it is listed in my etsy shop.

vendetta

2008-08-25T19:52:00.008-04:00

$25.00

some people find this collage disturbing. they should. what i love most about working with collage as a medium is the way the art makes itself. i wouldn't have told you i was angry when i made this 10 minute collage. yeah, right. i keep this collage as a reminder of a dark time in my life filled with rage and worry about my son as i was going through a horrible divorce. it's not what you think -- the rage was, and still is, directed at the legal system that would leave a child in jeopardy. to this day my best art comes from there -- those times when i allow myself to tap in to those feelings of anger, frustration, disbelief and loathing.

she looks like an angel

2008-08-24T17:37:00.004-04:00

that's what my niece said about the photo i used for this collage. i made this collage for my mother last year for her 81st birthday. when i was 19, our house burned down and we lost virtually everything, including most of our family photos. a lot of my work now uses the few pictures that remain -- especially art meant as gifts for my family.

my sister is, in reality, more devil than angel -- but that runs in the family. an old family friend used to call my sisters and me the "evil triangle." with all due affection, of course.

randel plowman

2008-08-21T05:37:00.004-04:00

my good friend randel plowman is a collage artist extraordinaire. i have been fortunate enough to take his collage workshop for the past two summers and encourage you to watch his blog for information on future workshops and exhibits. www.acollageaday.blogspot.com. check him out. wander through his extensive archives fpr a real treat. his bird collages are especially popular.

this collage is one i made in one of randel's workshops -- in fact, yesterday's collage was, too.

bird in hand

2008-08-20T19:33:00.001-04:00

$25.00

etsy treasury

2008-08-18T21:23:00.004-04:00

i was contacted today by an etsy member who made a treasury http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=22471
using my collage "dear mrs. larner" as her jumping off point.

of course i am more than thrilled and honored.

it's been a long couple of weeks -- alex has started middle school and i think he matured two years in two days.

i'm seriously considering going back to teaching. the grant i'm currently working under will end next year, so i have lots of time to mull the possiblities.

of course, what i'd REALLY rather do is just spend my time working in my studio.

m. larner

2008-07-30T22:01:00.003-04:00

$25.00 sold

footprintz

2008-07-30T20:21:00.002-04:00

this posting is in honor of my son, alex. he is packing tonight to go on a camping trip with his best friend and godfather. alex is quite a bit older than in the photo i used in the collage -- about to go into middle school.

this collage came together effortlessly, easily. this was also my first experiment in bleaching photos.

the blog entry title is a pun on the name of the collage, "footprints," and my last name, printz.

ugly collages

2008-07-28T21:33:00.002-04:00

i don't know what's wrong. i have been trying to make collages for the past couple of days to post here -- the "ten minute" supposedly easy kind -- and they have come out HORRIBLE. i have some paintings waiting to be finished, thank goodness.

now, my challenge is....what to do with the ugly collages??? first i threw them away, but i can't stand to be wasteful of good art supplies, meaning the back side of good watercolor paper. so back on the art table they went for another day.

happy suns

2008-07-25T20:30:00.002-04:00

$25.00

Happy suns says it all! The drawing is from a handmade card that my sister's stepdaughter drew.

beetle

2008-07-24T19:46:00.001-04:00