I've been working on a new series of collages...a series that I am calling "the temporaries"...
why that name you ask? because the collage combinations that I am creating are made from ephemera...those inconsequential bits and pieces of paper that usually are forgotten...tossed...destroyed...and are mostly folded...mutilated...faded...deteriorated...
not prime material for fine art...but art nonetheless...
I decided to focus on the less than stellar qualities of these papers...and expose them...let you see the torn and tattered edges...the back sides...the uneven layers. These collages are put together with minimal glue...instead using my sewing machine to add a stitch here and there...and then mounted on office clip boards...it just didn't seem right that they should be framed...under glass...hidden from scrutiny...
Each collage tells its own story...and is a combination of vintage detritus, current junk papers, interesting odds & ends and recycled remnants of my own notecards with their cropped digital images...
I've been hoarding so many of these remnants for too long...not wanting to give them up...
but its time to purge...to let go...
And here's why its been easier to let it all go...I've been making digital scans of each completed collage...and then creating a new composition...layering additional images and textures...continuing the story started with the original paper creation...
Entire image of collage seen at the start of this blog post...
and here - the enhanced version...
another example...the original...
the enhanced...
Want to see more of the temporaries? Come visit me at the Fresh Paint Art Festival in Everett on August 16-17...all the event details here...the complete set of the original temporaries and digital reproductions of the enhanced compositions will be on display...mark it on your calendar...
Joining kim klassen's Friday Finds...where my "find" is discovering a way to both let it go...and create anew...
