What I did today in class. These are both 4″ x 6″. I brought a small part of the box of stuff that I’ve never been able to throw out in case I might find some use for it later. You know: those beautiful little misshapen triangles of paper and book cloth that get mitered when a board is being covered, strips of lovely paper that was slightly larger than needed, and all manner of interesting scraps.
Actually, I’m rather pleased with these two. I can see that it could get to be addicting, rather like crossword puzzles, or Sudoku — really, more like a jigsaw puzzle.
Part of the point of doing collage is to prevent one from becoming too “precious” about their art.
Oops. I think my next collages had better have newspaper in them, or blood, or paint splats. Maybe just Times New Roman type would suffice. It’s certainly not precious.
I’m looking forward to one of the other current projects: collage a woman’s head and then draw her body using hand-drawn lettering. Fun!
Hi Beth…I love your work and your blog…I especially like your little collages of making something out of what you have – bricolage – is it ok if I put your blog down in my “interesting blogs” list on my blog?
Thanks for the comments, Lorraine. And welcome to the world of calligraphy blogging. Of course you may add my blog to your list. And I’ll add yours to mine. The world needs more calligraphy blogging!