Japan Blue

 This collage was done on a vintage Japanese book cover that I mounted on a wood board. The board has layers of paper from a vintage Japanese book. I also used patterned Japanese papers, an old label and a Japanese envelope with a vintage stamp.

New collage

2 collages to start off the year, made with lovely vintage French documents and other bits and pieces.

Time for a new collage

Here's a new little collage I did. It's mounted on wood and uses all my favorites. I found an old worn tape measure that is now one of my new favorites for collage.

Collage Sunday

Two more collages - these both use vintage postage stamps and documents, and hand made papers.

Tag 61

Tag 62

Tag Challenge 59 & 60

Tw more tags today.
Tag 59 uses coffee filters, vintage papers and a postage stamp.
Tag 60 uses hand made papers, vintage music, stencils and a piece of woven straw ribbon.

Tag 59

Tag 60

100 Tag Collages 34 and 35

I'm a third of the way through my 100 tags but the year is over half done so I'd better get cracking - or collaging- as they say! So, two more collages today.

The first one, Tag 34,  uses vintage paper and music, a coffee filter and rubber stamps.

Tag 34

The second collage uses coffee filters in the background, some vintage documents, and George and Martha Washington postage stamps.

Tag 35

Authentic

Tag 28 was done on a chunky cardboard hangtag that came with something my husband bought. I rescued it from the trash. I can't remember what the item was but I liked the word "authentic" and kept it visible. I used some old music, black and white hand made papers and a piece of a French document.

Tag 28

Seeing Red

Two tag collages this week, inspired by the color red.
The first tag has Asian flair, using handmade and vintage papers and a tiger matchbox cover.

Tag 26

For the second tag, I colored the tag with a red ink pad and then layered different red papers and a rubber stamped image from Latvia.

Tag 27

Collage Tag Challenge - More Polka Dots

One more tag with polka dots. Tag 15 is an oversized tag made with a page from a vintage book, a part of a vintage post card, coffee filters and hand made paper. And polka dots.

Tag 15

Tag Collage Challenge -Tags 4 and 5

Got busy this past weekend and collaged 2 tags.

Tag number 4 uses hand made papers, a vintage document and a coffee filter that I stamped. (The coffee filter is a tiny one that fits a Keurig machine. The filter is the shape of the basket and has a round top which I tear off. Perfect for collaging!)

tag number 4

Tag number 5 uses some hand made marbled paper, a vintage document and a postage stamp.

tag number 5

Tag Collage Challenge -Tag 1

Here is the first collage of 2019.

Vintage document, handmade papers, rubber stamps. The eye is from a Swedish matchbox label.

Tag 1 of 100. 99 more to go....

When life gives you unexpected free time

...collage!

I purchased some nice old book covers from Red Cottage on Etsy. The base of this collage is a leather cover and part of the spine. The stains on the cover were so beautiful that I didn't want to cover too much. I added some vintage papers, rubber stamp pattern, and postage stamps.

Collage on an antique leather book cover

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 46

My collage this week started with a photo that reminds me of my grandmother. She was very elegant and I have several pictures from the early 1900's where she is wearing a hat just like this.

collage week 46

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 17

This week's collage features some of my Japanese scraps -a vintage photo of a geisha, an old apothecary label, some Japanese calligraphy, and floral washi paper.

collage week 17

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 16

This week, I did my collage on an 8" x 8" wood panel. A nice piece of old ledger paper, some tickets, postage stamps, and a rubber stamp were used.

collage week 16

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 5

This week, I did another collage on a wood panel. This one features two butterflies, Japanese calligraphy and handmade papers, and some vintage music.

Collage Week 5

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 4

I missed posting a collage yesterday due to an appointment with my Sales and Use tax forms that did not go well. I do not know why they make those things so hard to figure out. Luckily, a nice person at the Board of Equalization helped me out and now, my taxes are all done.

My collage for this week was done on canvas using old French, Italian and Japanese documents along with tickets, postage stamps and music.

Collage week 4

52 weeks of Collage Part 2 - Week 3

When I create a collage, I always end up with lots of extra little pieces and they end up in a scrap box. My collage this week is made from those scraps.

Collage Cubes

In 2014 I did my 52 weeks of collage. For weeks 35 and 36, I collaged on wood cubes which was fun and a little different. One was given away for an art exchange so I purchased a few more cubes to do some new ones.
 

Collage Cubes from 52 weeks of Collage, 2014

Below is one of the new collage cubes.  I painted the cube with acrylic paint and then used vintage postage stamps, antique documents, bits of old money and rubber stamps.

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Sides 1 and 2

Sides 2 and 3

Sides 3 and 4

New Collages

I got motivated and completed two new collages. The first one is done on an old Bingo card. I letterpressed some pattern carved on linoleum block in the back ground. One pattern is printed with a clear varnish. On darker paper, the clear varnish shows up a little darker and is transparent. The other pattern is a light gray which didn't show up as well as I had hoped but does add a little texture. I then used some of my vintage wood type and printed the X and o's. For the rest of the collage, I used rubber stamps and vintage papers. (I purchased the large letter X at lschneeman on Etsy. The shop has a nice selection of letterpress wood type and other print blocks!)

My second collage is done on the back of marching band music. I was originally going to print on the music but I turned over the card and really liked the hand writing across the back. I printed my pattern in gray going 2 directions. I then letterpress printed the X, ampersand and exclamation point from my wood type collection. Rubber stamps and a few vintage postage stamps still on their envelopes complete the collage. At the top is a 1955 postmark from Vatican City.

Collage1 with the letter X

Collage 2 with wood type