Overview of collage. Covers history, surfaces, glues, and basic "how to" information.

1. Mixed Media and Collage
My background
Brief history of collage
Compared to other mediums
Surfaces and how to prepare them
Types of paper and where to get it
Glue and finishes
Demo

2. My Background
Magazine cutouts
Making paper in California
Collage workshop
I was hooked

3. History of Collage
Paper was invented in China around 200 BC
Japanese calligraphers prepared surfaces with
bits of paper
13th century: artists enhanced religious images
15th and 16th centuries: Craftsmen used
decorative papers in bookbinding
17th and 18th centuries: Nuns trimmed bookmarks
used in their prayer books
19th century: collage developed as a popular art

4. Collage Compared to Other Mediums
Misconceptions
Same basic elements of composition
Allows people who can’t “draw” to still be
creative
Collage is accepted formally in the art
world; people respond visually to art that
appeals to them regardless of medium

5. Surfaces
Collage (flat) vs Decoupage (3-D)
Canvas
Wood, masonite
Glass
Anything!

6. Preparing Surfaces
Canvas: use as is
Recycled canvas
Wood: sand, prime
Collage is forgiving
and covers
imperfections

7. Types of Paper
Hand-made vs machine made
Thickness and consistency is the key
Earth-friendly paper: lotka, sugar cane,
elephant dung, mango leaf, banana tree
bark, coconut fiber
Artpaper.com, flaxart.com, theearthpaper.net

8. Glues and Finishes
Utrecht Acrylic
Matte Medium
High Solid Gel
Water-based
polyurethane
Epoxy resin

9. Examples

10. Badlands

11. Factory

12. Stormy
Sunset

13. Secret
Garden

14. Brilliant Disguise

15. DEMO