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Hello,

I am new to the forum, and just realized the collage, if possible I would like some advice on how to protect crops, use protective paint?

Thanks

Lara

I am pleased to announce Numéro Cinq recently posted their interview with me about my work:

http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2012/10/15/the-box-does-not-need-to-be-square-an-interview-with-todd-bartel-nance-van-winckel/#comment-22030…

Here is a …

The time has finally arrived to unveil the finished artworks for To The Power Of N: When N Equals 12!



I think what I enjoy most about this project is that we all get to see, right out in the open, the way each artist approaches the necessary ‘problem solving’…

My latest paperback is just out in time for Crimble!   121 full colour pages of festive nonsense!  get your copy HERE or from Black Scat Books.…

Back in March I sent a piece to a mail art show in the Netherlands. I liked that piece, which was titled "Self Mailer: Address Unknown," so much that I decided to try to recreate, re-capture it in some way. Didn't turn out exactly like I intended. This group of photos shows steps along the way -- gluing, scraping, rearranging, scraping, sanding, glazing and on and on.  In the top left corner is the original mail art piece.  In the bottom right corner is the final…

The abstract comics blog has a reference to Warja Lavater's book of pictograms. Not collage, but it seems to me there is a collage-like feeling to many of them. The book contains pictographic stores she made from the mid-1970s to the mid-90s.  A few sample pages can be seen here:   http://www.nieves.ch/catalogue/warjainside.html

What other collage sites do you visit?

I know of some but I’m wondering if there are other sites that members visit,  other than peoples’ individual web sites, that is. Many of the ones listed below (and I hope I’m not duplicating someone else’s efforts)  have been mentioned other places here on Collagist but I thought I’d try to get them together in one place. Of course, any comments I add are my own preceptions.

In no particular order

Kolaj Magazine…

http://www.sigliopress.com/books/jess.htm…

I am very pleased to announce that the accompanying catalog to the Strange Glue (Traditional and Avant-garde Collage) exhibition is now available at Lulu.com.

With 206 pages, a page dedicated to each of the 134 works in the show, a full essay, and exhibition documentation, this record of the…

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One of the books I picked up recently on a book buying mini-spree is Lenore Tawney’s Signs On The Wind --  Postcard Collages, 2002.  I am familiar with her work as a fiber artist but was completely unaware of the collages. Turns out they are delightful pieces that she mailed to friends, herself, and maybe even her cats. The book format is 8 x 8 inch and as far as I can tell the postcards are presented actual size or close thereto, one…

discover the 'Dictionnaire des collagistes contemporains' by PJ VARET ( France ) :

http://artcolle.com/jonnaert/index.html

http://www.flavorwire.com/324334/intriguing-photorealistic-paintings-on-newspapers?all=1

It's wonderfully simple yet powerful how this artist makes newspapers into a canvas, creating a collage element as she paints on top of them. Well worth the visit to this article and then the link to her home page.

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http://www.flavorwire.com/320005/stacey-pages-absurd-and-wonderful-embroidered-portraiture?all=1

But I can barely tie my shoes!

Some small collages that will be pamphlet stitch bound into a photo album-like book.

With this technique I want to affect reality, shape it, mold it as I  like it. With collages I always start from reality but I discussing boundaries, I change it. I rebirth the reality, I rage  on her with a cutter.

The practice of collage is a eulogy of the fragment, and the residual. In the same time is a desperate search for completeness. If on one hand the residue is isolated by extrapolating it from its original context, on the other hand it becomes necessary to integrate it, to…