Collage
“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”
I am continually inspired by this Virginia Woolf quote. In my collage projects I combine and arrange decorative, colored, and hand-made papers, threads, found objects, and often times text, to create a visual representation. Several of my pieces refer to the early 20th century paintings of the post-impressionist artist Vanessa Bell.
Disparate Things
14” x 11” Materials: color and handmade papers, mesh, metal spiral and found objects.
A Painter’s Sister in a Deckchair, Asham 1912
10.5” x 13.5” Materials: color and textured paper, embroidery thread, copper fabric wire mesh, mini books, Virginia Woolf text, card catalog describing the original Vanessa Bell painting, metal V type, and a poem by the book artist.
On Viewing Monte Oliveto, 1912
10.5” x 13.5” Materials: decorative and color papers, card catalog describing the original Vanessa Bell painting, and a poem by the book artist.
Iceland Poppies, 1908-1910 Revisited
10.5” x 13.5” Materials: color and textured papers, embroidery thread, flower petals, card catalog describing the original Vanessa Bell painting, and a poem by the book artist.
Jessie Etchells Late Summer 1912
10.5” x 13.5” Materials: colored papers, filmstrip, card catalog describing the original Vanessa Bell painting, and a poem by the book artist.
Jazz
11” x 14” Materials: colored papers, ephemera, embroidery thread, and found objects.