Thanks Brian. I love the collages you have been making! I had this pile of paper in a box that I intended to use to make these collages and then the box got tucked away and I forgot about it for 2-3 years and then all of the sudden rediscovered the pieces a week or two ago when I was looking for something else. I thought; 'Oh yeah, I was going to do something with that.' then I poured the pile out on my collage table and have been working my way through it. I think I have made about 20+ collages with that material and now I am down to the boring bits and pieces so I just mixed that in with other collage scraps for other future collages.
Really defines the term "recycled materials" doesn't it?
When I started collaging, I made an attempt to organize my materials by colors, or some other relevant category. But that ended up being work, so now I just have this huge pile of old magazines and newspapers, and I've developed a pretty good sense of what's interesting and what's not. As I'm looking for one thing, if I find another, I do park that into one of a few small-ish plastic bin. These bins ends up being source material for both inspiration and actual use. I'll write more about this next week.
Yes, the more removed the material is from its original context the better I like it and the more useful it is. So all the little left over scraps I keep is big ziplock bags. Then I have several different sizes of collages I work in and all material fits just right on one of those sizes. Almost nothing ends up in the trash bin. Hence I have about 20 lifetimes worth of material.
Cecil that collage is so excellent.
Thanks Brian. I love the collages you have been making! I had this pile of paper in a box that I intended to use to make these collages and then the box got tucked away and I forgot about it for 2-3 years and then all of the sudden rediscovered the pieces a week or two ago when I was looking for something else. I thought; 'Oh yeah, I was going to do something with that.' then I poured the pile out on my collage table and have been working my way through it. I think I have made about 20+ collages with that material and now I am down to the boring bits and pieces so I just mixed that in with other collage scraps for other future collages.
Really defines the term "recycled materials" doesn't it?
When I started collaging, I made an attempt to organize my materials by colors, or some other relevant category. But that ended up being work, so now I just have this huge pile of old magazines and newspapers, and I've developed a pretty good sense of what's interesting and what's not. As I'm looking for one thing, if I find another, I do park that into one of a few small-ish plastic bin. These bins ends up being source material for both inspiration and actual use. I'll write more about this next week.
Yes, the more removed the material is from its original context the better I like it and the more useful it is. So all the little left over scraps I keep is big ziplock bags. Then I have several different sizes of collages I work in and all material fits just right on one of those sizes. Almost nothing ends up in the trash bin. Hence I have about 20 lifetimes worth of material.