After coming up with a bunch of prompts to help with making collage art, I designed a deck of cards to make it easier to use the prompts, and made them available in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/643778547/prompt-cards-deck-of-50-prompts-for The idea for the prompts came from coming up with a bunch of ideas of where to find interesting …
What’s a gluebook, anyway?
I make a lot of collage art and put them in things like gluebook. But what is a gluebook exactly? There isn’t a definitive answer, but it’s not a difficult idea to wrap your head around. A gluebook is a “book” where you glue things (like a collage) in. The following are some examples: A …
Inspirational gluebook artists – Part 1
I’m sometimes asked who inspires me. I have a list of people whose work in collage art, particularly vintage collage art, really inspire me. The first person I want to mention, and probably the person who has most influenced my love of collaging vintage papers, is Mary Green. Who is Mary Green? I discovered Mary’s …
Vintage Gluebooks and Pages
You’re invited to join an art group in Facebook, where we make collages made with vintage or vintage-inspired elements. Over a year ago in May of 2017, I began a group on Facebook called Vintage Gluebooks and Pages. I created it as a place where people who were interested in collage art could be encouraged …
More postcards
I love making postcard collages. First off, it’s a great size for making a collage. Second, a postcard is usually sturdy enough to be a good substrate. Third, it’s so fun to send and receive mail. I’ll say more about that in my next post. My friend Ronda without an ‘h’ and I came up …
