In this April 2020 edition of Art Journaling, I have an article published. I show and talk about a junk journal/glue book I created called “Valuable Papers”. I found an old folder at a garage sale that held envelopes for “valuable papers”. I decided I wanted to repurpose the folder into something like a journal …
Is there a purpose for creating collage art?
Recently, a person in my Vintage Gluebooks and Pages Facebook group posed a question about the purpose of creating. She said that it was very clear to her the purpose of creating scrapbooks, for example, but wasn’t clear about junk journals and gluebooks. She wanted to know “if something doesn’t have a purpose, why make …
Canvas Art – French Papers
A few weeks ago I got message in my inbox from my local art museum. They said that they are organizing a fundraiser in May that will be an exhibit of art, with the individual pieces up for auction. They were asking artist to donate ready-to-hang art for the event. I decided I will create …
Using collage to create meaningful art
One of the collage-related topics people mentioned in the survey I sent out at the beginning of the year, asking what their interests were, was the idea of creating meaningful art. Several people expressed the idea that they wanted to create art that held a deeper meaning than art that simply looked “pretty”. They wanted …
A Sketchnote of collage art ideas
Back at the beginning of the year, I created a survey asking those who have signed up to be on my email list what kinds of interests do you have in collage art. I got over 100 very detailed answers, and from that data, I created a sketchnote: Based on all the feedback I received, …
