Apparently I was overly enthusiastic in coating magazine pages with gloss medium for ironed collages. I had lots of colorful pages left so I created a few more collages, using the technique I mentioned earlier from Gerald Brommer’s book, “Collage Techniques.” This time of year around the winter solstice I need all the brightness I can get.
And I still have a few bits left, though my inspiration will have quite a stretch to make anything coherent from them. I realize some of you may think I’ve already reached incoherence in the above work.
Why make these? I find them helpful exercises in composition as colors and some shapes are predetermined. They also help me learn to step away from the original photo subjects to create a new context. Finally, they scratch my scrap itch, only with paper.
I’m linking to Off The Wall Friday.
The Snarky Quilter 
Great collages. I, too, like the Armani piece. Was the dress with the buildings your addition?
Thanks. The buildings are from a travel ad that I cut up. The sky in the upper left of my collage is from the same ad.
I’m glad to be able to learn more about these and to see that you made more with your scrap collections. I especially like the Armani ad piece. The longer I look at these the more I notice and I love that.
I appreciate your kind words. It’s fun to put in little bits to flesh out the story, and not have to figure out how to sew them.
I love your collages!
Thanks. They’re fun to make as they come together so much faster than quilts.