My first few email discussions with Anne B. led to a flurry of misunderstandings on my part. When she described herself as a retired, single woman needing to build a positive outlook in her life, I envisioned a little old lady stuck at home alone (even though I should know by now that 60 […]
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A Student’s Collage Journal Page, 5 x 7 inches, February 2012 Last week I gave a Collage Journaling Workshop to a group of local high school students. Generally I teach adults, so it was great to be able to expand my experience to include teens. It’s been a while since I was in […] Valentine’s Mini Book (Cover), Collage/Mixed Media, 3.5 x 10 inches, February 2011. Valentine’s Mini Book (Inside), Collage/Mixed Media, 3.5 x 10 inches, February 2011. Text: Panel 2: “here’s a photo of us”; Panel 3: “filling the space”; “between the stars”; “so bright and constant”. Valentine’s Day is approaching and I thought […] As promised, here are some daily ephemera pages I made over the last couple of weeks. I started by creating single pages, then I found I rather enjoyed making two-page spreads. Single pages took me about half an hour to make and double ones about an hour. I have to confess that I started out […] My Daily Ephemera Workshop Poster collage is composed of: map pieces, wrapping paper, magazine images, old hand written letters, bus transfer, political flyer, calendar fragment, scrapbook paper, alphabet stickers, words from poetry book, legend of shopping mall map and Dymo tape writer. Text is inspired by a pop song, Twilight movie soundtrack lyric, […] Last January, I received a small hand-sized collage book from my friend Gillian Jansen, a painter and mixed media artist. It was a beautiful one whose theme centered on an old Irish New Year’s blessing which Gillian had carefully hand-written across its pages in a glittering black Sakura marker. Its soft blue, rose and […] Sarah Bentley, Vision Board, Collage, 16 x 20 inches, April 2011 Would you believe with a little help from her Mom, my friend Maggie Jordan and a psychic, that Sarah Bentley found her way to my workshop?! Well, it’s true… read on for the intriguing way her vision board story unfolds…
Leslie Ross, Vision Board, Collage, April 2011, 16 x 20 inches It’s time for another student spotlight… Leslie Ross discovered my vision board workshop in April through a mutual friend, Maggie Jordan. I had a feeling when she participated in the class that she seemed a bit shy and perhaps a little intimidated […] My youngest guest, Sam, leaving a thoughtful message with the help of his Mom. Like many aspiring artists, for more than a decade, I’ve nurtured the dream of holding a show of my own in a really wonderful exhibition space where I display a body of work I’m immensely proud of, surrounded by […] |
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