Tuesday, June 24, 2008

daily collage 10






The drawn boxes here are based primarily on the boxes that I see all around Idaho and Eastern Washington farms...clearly a minimalist representation though.
Huge repeated stacks. I need to do some more research about what could be stored in these boxes for so long. I like how the drawn boxes look like they might topple over soon...they have the leaning, tired feeling.
Finding the edge.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

daily collage 9

If approached too closely
it was a day for playing with words. The larger text comes from a copy of How Much is a Million? that I found in the garbage. Most definitely on my favorite list for kids books.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

daily collages: 7 & 8



back to it...
here are some various images of the two latest collages.
slug pendant (#7) & personal histories (#8)

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

beans and rice and rain

I just finished my collage for the day. It is currently drying (and being pressed flat under a pile of books). The tangible studio is currently located somewhere between the desk in the bedroom by the window and the kitchen table. create, cut, paste, arrange in the evening---photograph in the am.

process ->
I really have no idea or plan when I sit down with my pile of scrap paper, yet somehow each collage reflects some element/essence/mood/color/weight of the day. I am growing more and more interested in the accumulation of the collages. They are sketches, but even faster and much more to the point than sketching (for me lately).

The rule: create a collage a day.
The "a day" part is so crucial. Sometimes when I sit down and start debating which papers to play with, the psycho speed-racer-get-her-done voice comes through my head with the idea that I should make a bunch of collages to last for a few days...but no. bad idea. What is actually working with this whole one-a-day thing is the variation and development of reflecting through torn pages and old prints.
This being said, I will probably seem a bit lazy in the collage making this weekend..out of town...but back mid-next week. In the meantime, some photos of lovely Idaho from last weekend.




daily collage 4&5


Sunday, June 1, 2008

Daily Collage: 3


Here's number three! Titled: In the key of E!