52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 52

Wow- my last collage of the year! 

Sparkly stars, handmade papers and a fortune for the coming year. 

Good-bye 2017, hello 2018!

collage week 52

Christmas 2017 (and 1953!)

Some favorite vintage Christmas illustrations from the book
Favorite Christmas Songs and Stories The Big Treasure Book of Christmas
Illustrated by Dellwyn Cunningham
Published 1953 by Wonder Books, NY. (a division of Grossest & Dunlap, Inc.)

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 51

A little red bird, vintage music, stars and Japanese washi paper scraps.

collage week 51

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 50

Tiny little type collage for week 50.

collage week 50

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 49

I really enjoy doing the 3-D collages on a cube - there's something about turning the cube and having the design flow from side to side. It definitely takes more planning. This week I used hand made Japanese papers, Japanese calligraphy and images of a geisha and a butterfly.

Collage week 49 - Sides 1 and 2

Collage week 49 - Sides 2 and 3

Collage week 49 - Sides 3 and 4

Collage week 49 - Sides 4 and 1

Collage week 49 - Top

Collage cube week 49

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 48

A vintage Russian postcard, book cover, hand made paper, and a postage stamp.

collage week 48

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 47

A lucky 7 and handmade papers on a vintage book cover.

collage week 47

Happy Thanksgiving!

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 45

Grey, gold and black are the colors this week. Vintage music and documents from France and Japan are combined with washi papers and a rubber stamp pattern.

collage week 45

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 44

This week I used part of an old letter, a vintage perfume label and some vintage wallpaper scraps for this small collage.

collage week 44

Halloween Night

Halloween 2017

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 43

It's almost Halloween so my collage this week is done in black and orange ...but no pumpkins here. It's a treat with handmade papers, a vintage document scrap and some favorite rubber stamps.

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 42

Another collage on  a birch wood board, this one started with some hand made marbled paper that I've had in my stash for ages. I also used some vintage ledger papers and a butterfly, keeping in the colors of the marbled paper.

collage week 42

2018 Calendar

My 2018 calendar is finished and now in the shop. Letterpress printed from my hand carved linoleum blocks in a limited edition of 35.

2018 Calendar

January thru April

May thru August

September thru December

Hand carved linoleum block

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 41

Week 41 is posted late due to internet issues, now solved.

collage week 41

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 40

This week's collage is done on birch board. I used some antique ledger paper from 1890, vintage wallpaper, and a bird that I printed on a vintage letter. The bird is printed from my hand carved linoleum block and then embellished with pen and ink.

collage week 40

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 39

This small collage is on mat board and started with a layer of rubber stamps. I used various hand made papers and a vintage Russian match box label.

collage week 39

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 38

This week, I did a collage duo on matboard. These are made from rubber stamps, a scrap of an antique french letter, handmade decorative papers and vintage postage stamps.

Collage week 38

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 37

Two things I love for collage - vintage documents and birch boards. The boards are someasy to collage on since they are nice and flat. And the edges are square. I've purchased some pretty wonky canvases before - lumpy, not stretched tight and the sided weren't parallel. Makes you wonder if the factory worker was a tad drunk.
So this week, vintage documents on a birch board.

collage week 37