Book of 100 Collages"

Comics and collages' are connected.When I was in catholic school ,That's when I first was introduced to them by the nuns showing me how to cut w/ small scissors very close to the images you want to use in the art piece of a collage'.

So with that said.I'm preparing a book of collages' called "cultural collision".It's a visual satire of what we are currently doing to each other in today's crazy,always changing world.The world has probably always been crazy,and each generation has lamented over:"we had it much rougher".

As I mentioned earlier comics and collages' are very similar mediums.Jack "the king" kirby did many in his marvel heyday and although mine aren't as epic or technological as jack's.He still left amazing ideas w/ me from all he did with this type of medium as I've been under their influence for some time.

Now mine are more just photo images with some painting,and artwork added.I have a marvel tribute collage' among the 100 that show nothing but vivid colors and superheroes,with some different layouts/styles.With one of the collage's in just text you may be bombarded about in your daily lives.Of course it's brainwashing too.

Most artist's doing this cut-out work today do all of it on the computer ala' dave mckean,who made all those sandman covers come alive.Photoshop is something I haven't mastered as of yet,but once I do (soon) I will start to work on the transparent new age/new school style.

In the coming book it may very well be art size 11"x17".It depends as I haven't seen the blown-up images yet from the mostly standard 8 1/2x11 in."

Making collages' to me are extremely fun and I may cut out 50 pictures from newspapers/magazines or so in an hour if I'm not disturbed (which I usually am).That's when I get to be edward scissor-hands but I don't do shrubs anyway.

All you need to make these are 8 1/2" art boards,a good small pair of scissors ,a glue stick and some imagination and you're all set.Enjoy these recent ones that will be part of the book and more on this later...

See you back next week!


r.a.f.