Collage Lab 9: Building Layers

Unit 3 Gesso

Lab 9 Building Layers

26 May 2013

Notes: I need a bit more practice and patience when working with thick layers of gesso to create texture. It's a hurry-up-and-wait sort of medium. I'll keep playing.

TCW Creativity Exercise 6: Image Pairings

 Tangled Web

collage on paper 4"x3"

27 May 2013

Road Trip

collage on paper 4"x3"

27 May 2013

Notes: It took me a little while to find an image I felt I could effectively cut in half to create two unique collages, but I am pleased with the results.

Collage Lab 8: Paper

cardstock with gesso then ink wash, tissue with ink wash,
construction with dark & light acrylic, watercolor with gesso then acrylic wash

Unit 2 Texture

Lab 8 Paper

25 May 2013

"Food for Thought" Notes:

• Papers used in order of preference: watercolor, construction, tissue, cardstock
• Papers to try: chipboard, bookpapers, mulberry, handmade, newsprint
• Construction paper bled slightly
• More texture in paper means more texture in finished technique

TCW Creativity Exercise 5: Color Plunge

 Round Red

 collage on paper 3"x4"

21 May 2013

 Golden Harvest

 collage on paper 4"x3"

21 May 2013

 Green Eggs

 collage on paper 4"x3"

21 May 2013

Ocean Blue

collage on paper 4"x3"

21 May 2013

Collage Lab 7: Fabrics

linen with gesso & acrylic wash, burlap with partial gesso & ink wash,
muslin with ink wash, felt with dark acrylic & light acrylic highlights

Unit 2 Texture

Lab 7 Fabrics

21 May 2013

"Food for Thought" Notes:

• Paper texture backgrounds lay flatter, less bulky. Fabric backgrounds have more prominent and varied fibers.
• Ideas to try: tear strips to feature edges, cut image from printed fabric, lace and trims for rows of textures, fabric flowers layered or twisted, weave or stitch other objects into fabrics

TCW Creativity Exercise 4: Color Charge

 Knights Favor

collage on paper 4"x3"

15-16 May 2013

God Save the Queen

collage on paper 4"x3"

15-16 May 2013

Notes: These were initially created for the Black & White exercise. The background images are x-ray photographs of museum items found in a magazine.

Outgoing Mail Art 8 June 2013

Solitary
expanded to 6"x4" postcard
sent to Diane Keys

 Shadow
expanded to 6"x4" postcard
sent to David Stanly Aponte

Countdown
expanded to 6"x4" postcard
sent to Mail Art Martha

Easy As 1-2-3
expanded to 6"x4" postcard
sent to ex posto facto
 

 White 24 78c File Al
expanded to 6"x4" postcard
sent to Amy Irwen

 The History of the History of Death
expanded to 6"x4" postcard
sent to Haddock

Findings
expanded to 6"x4" postcard
sent to Mimi Shapiro

 Perfect Settings
expanded to 6"x4" postcard
sent to Matthew Stolte

Duet
expanded to 6"x4" postcard
sent to Victor Dada