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I finished my collages to donate to One Cause: One Wednesday: One Hundred Collages, an online fundraiser that Virginia Spiegel has organized for the American Cancer Society.   The event happens February 16, 2011.  Each collage is 5×7 and will be mounted on 140 lb watercolor paper.  Here is my small contribution:

Solitude

Hand painted Japanese papers and a print of an altered photo collaged onto cotton duck.  The image is then painted again.

Three Birds

The base for this piece is a stack of papers sewn together and painted. The next layer is a digital image inkjet printed onto thin Lutrador that I then heat distressed.  The next layer are various papers collaged on fabric and over painted.  The next is from a photograph I took outside the History Museum in London.  I recolored and printed the bird three times onto fabric and then stitched them into place.

Light Decay

The bottom layer is a stack of papers sewn together and painted.  The next layer has hand painted papers, fabric, and a digital design printed on thin strips of metal.  The next image has the same design printed on thin Lutrador which is heat distressed.  The top layer is another piece of inkjet printed metal.

Lost

This piece began as some photos that I printed and collaged onto hand painted fabric.  I then photographed that image and digitally changed the colors.  I printed it that new image onto fabric and printed it again onto paper.  Both are collaged and stitched together with sheers.  I then added more paint and sealed the edges with black gesso.  I like how the original collage is nearly totally obscured.   This is a small version of a larger series of work.

I also did another set of collages that are not part of the fundraiser.  However, I thought I’d also share them.

Yearning

Time

Contemplation

Each of these collages are based on photographs that I’ve taken.   At some point I may use one as part of a journal cover or as a starting point for something larger.  Or not.

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