Collage 20 . Collaboration.

Vintage sun . A collaboration collage with my mum who was visiting.                 I found a vintage photo of a family enjoying a day at the beach side. My mum chose theĀ corrugated chocolate paper and positioned the boat wallpaper.                   […]

Collage 16. Recipes Illustrated. Your Sundae Best.

“Your Sunday Best” A little collage created from a vintage Australian recipe books and pieces of hand painted papers, wooden ice cream stick painted and washi tape. As a child I can remember going on long trips to Melbourne by train . For lunch we would go to Coles cafeteria for a delicious ice cream […]

Collage 15. Cut- up Poems. Whats under your Bonnet?

Whats under your Bonnet? This was a fun project…I used a vintage 1960’s New idea magazine to cut out found words, phrases and images. Looking at my finished piece now, I can see the composition is all over the place with no central focal point and may change it in the future I found the […]

Collage Tutorial 14. Maps

I loved making this collage using my collections of found papers and fabric. I started off with an old school exercise book cover from the 1930’s. It was full of hand drawn maps. I added stitching to the map and some found vintage graph papers, aged canvas and a did a little hand drawing on […]