IGNITING ORIGINALITY, INSPIRING AUTHENTICITY
bonus collage workshop
Integrating a Multimedia Process
FOR ARTISTS WHO WANT TO WORK WITH MULTIMEDIA AND BE INSPIRED BY OTHER ARTISTS APPROACHES.
LESSON 1
Collage Workshop – Meet Monique Baumann
As we dive into collage I wanted to introduce to you some inspiring collage and assemblage artists. Some may resonate while others may not.
I found these all interesting for different reason. Some talk about what they're thinking and others talk about technique. We'll get into technique in a few days with our own collage experiments but I wanted to share what's been inspiring me as I look into the world of collage.
Learn more about Monique and her process
LESSON 2
Rauschenberg gives you permission
Rauschenberg gives you permission to push the boundaries.
LESSON 3
Collage + Assemblage – Meet Hannelore Baron
Meet Hannelore Baron - A collage and assemblage artist. I found her work really moving, and I hope it inspires you.
LESSON 4
Collage – Graphic designer Rex Ray
I want to introduce you to REX RAY an American artist if you don't already know his work. He playfully discovered a creative process of collaging his best work after being frustrated working as a graphic designer. In the first part of the collage mini workshop - I want to show you his work and understand his process. I love this playful approach and how he works on a large scale. In this first video you get to know him and the next video watch a longer video of more detail in his technique.
He went on to be commercially success and blurred the line between making work he loved and being highly sought after commercially.
Watch the 2nd video to learn more about his technique.
LESSON 5
Collage – Sterling Ruby – Studio Tour
Sterling Ruby is one of the most sought after contemporary artists of our time. Here is a studio tour he did in 2018.
Watch this second video where Sterling talks about the influence of collage in his approach. (This video does get a little heady with the curator but worth it as the last 30 seconds Sterling pulls it together.)
LESSON 6
Collage + Newsprint – Meet Richard Buntzen
Meet Richard Buntzen - an artist who uses images from newspapers as his painting palette. He literally rubs the colour from the news print into his pieces making a seamless image that merges together. Technically, it's an interesting approach to applying this source material.
IN THE STUDIO with Michele
collaging in my studio
In the next videos you will see me in my studio making papers and preparing source materials to do collage studies. I hope you will jump in with me, push the boundaries, and experiment with some new technical ways of merging different ideas.
LESSON 7
Collage – Making papers
We're going to use several ways to create collage materials. The first one we're looking at is acquiring papers you can work with. In this video I show you some papers I have made by painting or printmaking messes onto regular paper. I will also be printing onto tissue paper to make some more. Collect magazine images, paint swatches from the hardware store or even coloured tissue. This will give us a based to work with among other things we will create along the way. Refer to the Mini Workshop "PRINTMAKING" if you want to make papers printing from a Gelli Plate.
LESSON 8
Image Release to Paper
Want to use a black & white image and working on Paper? Watch this video from MoMa to learn how to transfer Photo copies to paper.
LESSON 9
Image Transfer with Matte Medium
Watch these two videos to see how to use Matte Medium to transfer an image to plexi (perspex) or a canvas.
LESSON 10
Getting started with Collage
Watch this video to see what I have set up in my studio to do this collage exercise. Set up papers, scissors, and materials to get started.
LESSON 11
Collage studies in my Studio
Watch this video to see my studio mess and see what collages I produced the first time around.
LESSON 12
My approach to Collage
Watch this video to see behind the scenes thinking about composition, what's working, what's not and understanding more of my thought process in making collages.
LESSON 13
Photographs – Collage shapes & composition
Watch this video to see how I cut up photographs to make new shapes and composition.
LESSON 14
Working with Geometric Shapes in Collage
Watch this 17 min video to see how I work with geometric shapes in collage.
LESSON 15
Layering and Creating Pattern with Collage
Watch this video to see a time lapse of working with many layers of pieces of colour and texture. This video uses photographs, tissues, mono-printed papers, and painted paper and canvas. Watch the next video to see how I looked at cropping the composition.
LESSON 16
Cropping a Collage for Composition
Watch this video to see how I looked at cropping the layered collage into new proportions.
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