A Day in The life of a Collage

Hand embossed in my Hand Made Paper are palm fronds and other leaves . The leaves are collected from nature carefully chosen for their inherent movement and delicate nature. After i form the handmade paper I carefully emboss the leaves. After it dries I hand color the embossing using fanciful colors but not straying too far from it's natural colors. The leaves have movement and are a still life on my paper. They are a colorful reminder of nature to adorn you wall in a framed picture.
Please note this item arrives unframed .

Collage: a manipulation of images

A collage (From the French: coller, to glue, French pronunciation: [kɔ.laːʒ]) is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

By ripping, cutting, juxtaposing one image against the next I build a form, a multi layered imaged that can be looked at from various points of view. sometime it’s purely  for the sake of assemblage  but mostly it’s to amuse, even agitate a viewer.

the nature collage;

I start with a piece of nature found on a walk or in my garden. sometimes it originates from my salad. it all depends on what type of day it is…usually I start with a base of handmade paper, which I myself have prepared ahead of time which will designate the shape and size. I then add slowly the different natural images and glue them down until I am satisfied. after that I might hand color it, sew it by hand or machine and then add a final coat, perhaps to seal it.