I started out to make something.
I had no idea what it was going to be. My friend and her daughter were visiting from out of town and along with my stepdaughter who is seven, we needed a fun project to do in my new home studio. Voila! Collages- easy and fun! I have tons of scraps saved up over about 20 years of collecting. With the right glue- repositionable paste- and a mountain of stuff to sift through, we spent about 2 hours making some fun creations! I found a central image that really spoke to me- that caught in my hand. A floating goddess woman who seemed to be holding something in her raised hand. Then I found a striking background image. My process proceeds in a way that is similar to playing- opening myself up to creativity- to trying something, then something else, accepting and rejecting as I go along. I think of it as listening to my muse. It involves being discerning and allowing myself time to play.
Here’s our selfie.
We four had a great time sharing things with each other that we found (“Oh- here is a blue butterfly for you!”) and learning about new techniques and tools (slow drying repositionable glue is the best.)
Collaging is a great craft art because you can do it with mixed ages and there are no rules. We added colored pencil, ribbons, stickers, and fabric trims. I decided after I started cutting out some butterflies that my Goddess woman was the lady of the beasts and then I started hunting for animals. The girls really had fun helping with that.
I find that picking a limited color pallette goes a long way toward keeping the collage appealing….
See my finished work below!
I loved it so much I decided to have a women’s collage making workshop at my house on July 13th- with a theme of the Power of Thirteen. I hope you will join us and bring your creative, craft self! See Workshops.
