My collage group is so fun. We spent three hours (some stayed on for four) cutting and pasting the afternoon away. Everyone came loaded down with magazines and the host already had a great stock of Vogues so there were lots of nice photos to work with. I wanted to steal a few of those Vogues I have to admit. I don't cut mine up. I study them!
We were mixed in age from 14 to 40 something *ahem* and so that mixup of women made it a really nice ambiance. The results were fun, silly, artistic, and nutty. Some people's work made you think and some were just starting out in collage spreading their wings so it was fun to see that too, future creative junkies! It was a really nice atmosphere and too bad it only happens once a month and not twice a month like I originally thought.
My collage art was very business like. I had specific projects in mind and only three hours to work until my babysitter-husband went on strike (they were running around outside in their socks when I got home) I quickly covered my date journal with a lovely smadgering of sea colors and earthtones and then I made cards for friends which I later painted at home. I was the Japanese art studio,--very efficient. In other words I just made backgrounds. I can't share those just yet because they need to get mailed off first to my buddies.
In other ART news (obsessed much?) I'm thinking of reducing my card format to 3.5 x 2.5 inches and I'd like to start doing some ATC trades. Does anyone know what ATC´s (Artist Trading Cards) are? It's such a great idea. Basically what you do is you make cards then you trade 'em for original art from other artists who swap too. It's like the way people trade and collect baseball cards only this is way cooler. They're the same size as sport cards and they fit in those plastic sleeve things. There are sites that do trades like SwapBot and ATC's for All but I'm not that far along yet. They have lots of rules and it intimidates me to start off with so many requirements because hey, isn't this supposed to be fun?
If anyone (and I do mean anyone) wants to try a swap out on me I'll be up for a one to one trade. You just have to promise me you'll spend more than twenty minutes on it and maybe throw some layers onto the surface. Let me know in a mail or a comment if you're up for it and I'll give you some more details.
4 comments:
I'm glad your collage group is so much fun, but that's disappointing it isn't more often!
I don't think you'd want to do a trade with me. I am not that artistic!
oooo, can I take a rain check for the trading? It sounds like a very fun project, but one that I won't be able to devote any time to until, like, January, after we're settled from the move.
Jennifer - I'd love to trade with you. I think it's a great idea to swap these cards out to the blog friends I've met. Come on it will be fun and you can even use photos. I'm going to do a little tute on how to do them soon here.
Erica - Yes! No problem. I understand how stressful an international move is with kids.
How fun! I had to laugh at the kids outside in socks. When my sister and I did 48 hours from our kids, she came home to find the kids in the same outfits they were in when she left! But they were fed and alive!
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