Papier Colle Femmes

Witchy woman    8x10 collage

Inspired by stories on collage collaborations that I kept reading about on Art blogs and “Cloth, Paper, Scissor ” magazine articles, I decided to approach my two favorite collage artists in my area. They are Carney Oudendag and Judy Walker. I suggested that we each make a dozen collages, four of which would be sent to the other participants each and four to keep for ourselves. It was a bit of a wild ride. We didn’t really know what we were doing but we plunged in anyway. I think that may be the best course for most projects. We called ourselves the "Papier Colle Femmes" which translates roughly to women who tear up paper. Grrr!

Our collaborative collage project will be in the Pynelogs Innovations show July 8-21. The reception is Wednesday night July 10 from 7-9 pm. Please join us and find out what a collage collaboration looks like!

Demeter

Demeter   8x10 collage

This is another collage for the collage project. One person's theme is nature. I kept thinking of the nature goddesses. The papers for her dress were made as a gelatin print. I also used embossed wallpaper, home made stamp, and stained tissue paper for texture plus a coupld of photographs.

I am finding the collages very difficult to photograph well. The colors and textures are much more striking in real life. I made the error of photographing a few at night in the studio in my hurry to get them off to their recipients. I regret that very much now!

Judy Walker--collage artist

"Midnight Moon"

 This is one of the beautiful collages made by Judy Walker. It is going to be included in my "moon" collage project. Even her envelopes were a visual treat.