The Kollage Kit

Olympic Style

2012-02-28T06:31:00.001-08:00

Stars Of Fashion

2012-02-27T07:12:00.000-08:00

London Fashion Week

2012-02-26T08:53:00.000-08:00

By The End of 1966 Lesley Hornby Could Not Hide From the Fact She Was One of The World's First Super Models

2012-02-26T07:26:00.000-08:00

Ooooh, a Little Unconventional Style for the Guys...

2012-02-25T20:24:00.000-08:00

Spirit of '76

2012-02-25T14:26:00.000-08:00

In the USA in 1976, all the rage was red, white, and blue.

Vogue

2012-02-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

Picasso's Model Went All Pop Art on Him By Refusing to Undress and Insisting on Posing In A Disposable Paper Dress by Cezanne - The Latest Fashion Craze

2012-02-25T08:28:00.002-08:00

Read about the history of the paper dress:

http://inventorspot.com/articles/history_paper_11174

supermodel ursula has a recurring nightmare

2012-02-24T20:33:00.003-08:00

Ssssstyle

2012-02-24T19:23:00.002-08:00

Fashionistas on A Budget

2012-02-24T14:47:00.000-08:00

Sporting bags from the stores they could not afford to shop at was the closest Jane and Sue would ever come to wearing Tiffany and Chanel.

Tree House Fashion Show

2012-02-24T01:57:00.001-08:00

The Very Height of Fashion

2012-02-23T07:45:00.000-08:00

This is the last theme I am picking for this round of duty
...have fun with it!

Unlucky For Some

2012-02-23T07:21:00.001-08:00

Twelve & Six Times Eight

2012-02-23T07:20:00.000-08:00

222

2012-02-21T13:23:00.000-08:00

I couldn't resist: 2/22 is my birthday.

The Hot Number Her Grandmother Wore in 1897 Was No Match For Priscilla's Pair in 1961

2012-02-21T08:41:00.000-08:00

I've Got Your Number, Ducky!

2012-02-20T07:13:00.000-08:00

A camp accusation of devious intent.

And at No.6. It's the Dave Clark 5...

2012-02-19T09:44:00.000-08:00

Balancing Numbers

2012-02-18T17:28:00.000-08:00

I am number one

2012-02-18T16:37:00.001-08:00

Painting By Numbers

2012-02-18T06:22:00.000-08:00

The Numbers Inside Richard Widmark's Head

2012-02-18T03:18:00.000-08:00

No. 48 Was Leading

2012-02-17T08:45:00.000-08:00

Cheating a little -- did this a couple weeks ago and posted on my personal site, but it fits this week's theme so well, I'm additing it to the KK mix. Perhaps I am doing a number on you...

777

2012-02-17T05:49:00.001-08:00

This is kind of a cheat as I've just added numbers to their shorts. Not sure what it means - if anything!

The Fruit Bats Did A Number On The Plum Trees

2012-02-16T16:12:00.000-08:00

Plums - NOW 4 for $1 - that is IF there are any left after the fruit bat has eaten it's dinner!

Theme of the week: Do A "Number"

2012-02-16T06:59:00.001-08:00

Do a "Number" can mean any number things.

What you do is up to you!

fish is all you need

2012-02-14T20:07:00.000-08:00

The National Enquirer reported:

Bashful bachelor gal Andrea Lyons longed to say "I do" and settle down, but every guy she took a liking to left her high and dry--so dingbat Andrea married a man-eating shark.

As 40 flabbergasted guests looked on, the elated lady tied the knot with her pet shark Archie in a seaside ceremony at her home in Sydney, Australia.

"Everyone says Archie is dangerous and that some day he's going to eat me alive, but compared to the guys I've met lately, he's an absolute angel," the blushing bride gushed to reporters.

"He's gentle and he kisses nice and he doesn't leave his dirty underwear lying all over my house. As far as I'm concerned he's a helluva catch."

...and so on. The caption for the photo reads "Happy bride Andrea Lyons gives her new hubby a big wet kiss."

Valentine Card

2012-02-14T00:50:00.000-08:00

Vivienne's Passion for Roses Invaded Her Dreams At Night

2012-02-13T20:46:00.001-08:00

Susan and Her Simian Sweethearts

2012-02-13T20:34:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day To All!

At your fingertips

2012-02-13T00:22:00.001-08:00

Night of The Loving Dead

2012-02-12T12:05:00.000-08:00

I Love Collage

2012-02-12T05:15:00.000-08:00

Like-a Charlie Watts

2012-02-11T08:47:00.000-08:00

You can't always get what you want...

Just say Ah!

2012-02-10T19:23:00.001-08:00

My Blue Heaven

2012-02-09T11:38:00.000-08:00

Ah, love. Must be the time of year, because I just posted this on my regularpaper website last night. Since it fits our new theme well enough, I'll post it here while I work on a new one.

"LOVE LOVE Hooray for LOVE!"

2012-02-09T08:32:00.000-08:00

Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner let's create a shout out to LOVE.

Pink, red, green or black -
It's up to you, old Cupid's back!

Pushed from Behind

2012-02-08T19:54:00.000-08:00

the jealousy of twins

Doggelganger

2012-02-08T07:22:00.001-08:00

The Superdoppelganger Sisters

2012-02-07T08:12:00.000-08:00

The Doppelganger Sisters...Now!

2012-02-06T12:53:00.000-08:00

Big in Japan

2012-02-06T12:44:00.000-08:00

I think this qualifies. What if Elvis had a mutant brother/doppleganger that could sing and perform just as well, but had to seek some different audiences?

Side note: this was made for friend and collagist Marty Gordon. Happy Birthday Marty!

Andy's Doppelgänger Factory

2012-02-05T12:30:00.000-08:00

If Only Delores Had Looked Over Her Shoulder She Would Have Seen The Avant Garde Street Artist Who Was Her Doppelganger!

2012-02-05T09:32:00.000-08:00

Are You Looking At Me?

2012-02-05T02:52:00.000-08:00

Frank Sinatra Knits Himself

2012-02-03T02:10:00.000-08:00

Theme of the week: Doppelganger

2012-02-02T04:29:00.000-08:00

In the vernacular, the word "doppelgänger" has come to refer (as in German) to any double or look-alike of a person.

The word is also used to describe the sensation of having glimpsed oneself in peripheral vision, in a position where there is no chance that it could have been a reflection. They are generally regarded as harbingers of bad luck. In some traditions, a doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or relatives portends illness or danger, while seeing one's own doppelgänger is an omen of death.

That's the definition. Now let's have fun with it!

This will be the Voyage

2012-01-30T23:54:00.000-08:00

Drive Thru Two

2012-01-30T07:58:00.001-08:00

The Wunderkammer Of Incredibly Odd Things

2012-01-29T12:26:00.000-08:00

naked man by Bronzini &Mayan priest with a headache &Mohenjo-Daro king with his math homework

2012-01-29T04:45:00.001-08:00

A larger version is here.

Theme Picker's Son

2012-01-28T23:37:00.000-08:00

Who'll pick the themes 'til the theme picker comes? Anybody up for next months theme pick? Thanks to Fi who did a terrific job on picking last months.

Let me know by Thursday r I'll be forced to wheel out the Themeopicker Machine!

Captain A.T.J. Pennyforth's Unsuccessful Attempt to Wallpaper the Pyramids in 1892.

2012-01-28T12:58:00.000-08:00

one last gasp re. copyright issues

2012-01-28T10:50:00.000-08:00

When we were talking earlier, I forgot to link to this well-researched site on copyright issues for collage artists. When I read her info, at first I was a little freaked out. But after calming down, I was like, "Oh well." I must admit, it hasn't influenced my artistic practice very much. I do use lots of images from non-vintage sources.

I'll be curious to hear y'all's further thoughts, if you have any...

Stinson Loved To Draw and Paint Sea Shells and Kept His Colored Pencils in a Bronze Age Ceramic Jug He Inherited From His Aunt Rochelle

2012-01-27T20:49:00.000-08:00

Fishy Acropolis

2012-01-27T08:49:00.000-08:00

I suppose this one could be sub-titled "Swimming In Greece"!

Fishy Petra

2012-01-27T08:48:00.000-08:00

The Only Known Photograph of the Extinct Race of Giants Who Formed A Nudist Colony at Stonehenge circa 1930 BC

2012-01-26T19:42:00.000-08:00

Archeologists Believe They Have Uncovered Evidence of the Ritual Sacrifice of British School Children by Ancient Egyptians

2012-01-26T19:27:00.000-08:00

goddesses do like rocks

2012-01-26T06:01:00.001-08:00

I've got the same (temporary) glitch in uploading as I did last week, so the larger version is here.

Theme of the week: archaeology / ancient civilizations

2012-01-26T05:11:00.000-08:00

This week we're goin' on a dig: artifacts, curios, statues with broken-off arms...ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome...the Mayas, the Incas, the Aztecs...the Celts, the Vikings, the Venus of Willendorf...weird old pictographic languages, inscriptions carved on mysterious tombs...you get the picture!

Schematic

2012-01-25T16:42:00.000-08:00

The minimalist rears her simple head.

Super Duper Collage

2012-01-25T03:24:00.000-08:00

I couldn't quite fit this on the scanner so imagine another stripey border on the left hand side. I know this isn't completely abstract but enough I think to make it fit this theme.

"An Ode to the National Geographic Collagist"

2012-01-24T06:35:00.000-08:00

Hmmm...just noticed that word: "collagist." 'Never heard that one before.

Anyway, the point of this post is to draw your attention to a good article on collage from the point of view of a National Geographic photographer, and an even better set of collages by various artists (just keep scrolling down): here.

I'll be curious to hear what y'all think...one thing that really strikes me is, if a National Geographic photographer is celebrating collages made with the magazine's collages, then copyright infringement is truly not an issue. And I've always worried more about using Nat Geo images, than almost any other source!

freefallin' A

2012-01-23T09:37:00.001-08:00

I wanted to make sure I could scan & upload this collage before explaining my "secret" reason for selecting abstract/text as a theme-slash-challenge: I'm on a writer's retreat in the wilds of the snow-covered West Virginia mountains—hundreds of miles away from my collage materials & art supplies. I knew that I would need to make something simple from materials at hand.

What I used for this collage: one piece of brown cardboard, one discarded dust jacket from a hardcover book, a pair of scissors, and a glue stick. And no graphics software on the old computer I used w/ the scanner, so that's why it's kind of fuzzy-looking. =laugh=

2012-01-23T09:34:00.001-08:00

P.S. Sorry about this extra post: I can't figure out how to delete it. And I can't figure out how to make blogger do a larger view, either. This is what comes of uploading things from an iPad. =sigh= But you can view a larger version here.

collage pamphlet cover

2012-01-22T22:02:00.001-08:00

Star Chart

2012-01-22T03:00:00.001-08:00

Now You Can Have Art

2012-01-21T20:38:00.000-08:00

This collage was really hard for me to make until I just let it make itself.

I had to start with some structure so I used a print of 'Carnac' 1965 an abstract painting by British artist Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) as my background and then I found a print of 'Oriental Poppies' a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) and cut/tore. The torn floating bits of floral paper are from a band that wrapped a gift of stationery. The paisley paper and letters were found on my art table and I worked them in with the words from a vintage ad found in a 1960s hair style magazine.

I've never made such an abstract collage before. Thanks for the great challenge Fi!

Johnny Abstract

2012-01-21T12:57:00.000-08:00

I was a bit stuck at first about what to do then I got some inspiration from cutting up scans of my son's 'freeform' drawings and paintings and mixing them with shapes. An interesting theme challenge that was a lot of fun to do.

Everyone's work has been exceptional on this theme. Well done y'all.

A Large, Jagged Blue Scrap

2012-01-21T07:28:00.000-08:00

For Fi!

Abraca Dabstract

2012-01-21T05:44:00.000-08:00

Mostly stuff lying around on my work table or on the floor.

Mind the gap. Perhaps you forgot.

2012-01-20T18:30:00.000-08:00

I have found this theme extremely hard. This is the best I could do without using images.

And I Got Me Some Tissue Scraps...

2012-01-20T09:53:00.000-08:00

(I have no idea how that hand got in there, pretend it's an ABSTRACT hand.)

I Got Me A Circle Cutter!

2012-01-20T05:38:00.001-08:00

Bomb Shelter

2012-01-19T14:15:00.000-08:00

I'm a day late w/ my piece for the previous theme. My excuse is that I chose to go sledding instead of scanning artwork. Forgive my weakness.

Theme of the week: abstract / text

2012-01-19T07:46:00.000-08:00

Abstract shapes, bits of this & that, cut or torn or punched out...and/or letters, parts of letters, words or phrases, blocks of text. Mix it up, minimalist or maxed-out, with doodles or paint or string or whatever. Just nothing figurative/representational. Oh...and have fun! =smile=

Mrs. Control Panel

2012-01-18T08:42:00.000-08:00

My Moon Adventure

2012-01-17T07:59:00.000-08:00

Planet Janet

2012-01-17T07:58:00.000-08:00

The Farm Cats Were All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace

2012-01-15T16:21:00.000-08:00

"All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace"

     a poem by Richard Brautigan (1935-1984)

I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.

I like to think
     (right now please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.

I like to think
     (it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.

Note: First published in 1967, All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, a collection of thirty two poems, was Brautigan's third collection of poetry; his fifth poetry book publication.

Space Savers

2012-01-15T06:25:00.000-08:00

GREASE! For Robots!

2012-01-14T12:12:00.000-08:00

Robot Planet

2012-01-14T08:06:00.001-08:00

Mlle. Harmonographie

2012-01-14T03:04:00.001-08:00

The patterns in this collages were made by me using a mechanical harmonograph, which took me ages to build, test and get to work. All up this is one of the most time-consuming collages that I have made (even though it doesn't look it).

After Mr. Johnson invented the Proper Connection for a Bath-Tub and gained fame and fortune, Mrs. Johnson kept her eye on the woman who would become the model in the advertisement for "Johnson's Handy Manual" (and eventually the new Mrs. Johnson)

2012-01-13T17:04:00.000-08:00

Goat Busters

2012-01-13T06:10:00.001-08:00

Twitter Machine

2012-01-12T15:47:00.001-08:00

In case you were wondering exactly how tweets are generated...

alien technology from another world!

2012-01-12T14:43:00.000-08:00

The Italian text in the comic-book panel reads (roughly), "And the annihilating bomb resumes its growth!" The drawing I made (on graph paper), plus the silvery letters in an "alien" tongue, were adapted from intensely serious materials I found when I googled "extraterrestrial technology." A fascinating google: I recommend it some time when you don't have anything better to do.

Uncle Neville's Froglet Gun

2012-01-12T11:56:00.000-08:00

theme of the week: machines / technology

2012-01-12T08:21:00.000-08:00

Household appliances, industrial equipment, lasers, phasers, robots, all kinds of machines & technology, real or imagined. It's kind of broad, I know, but if you steer clear of automobiles & modern computers, we should have a reasonably wacky topic, open to all sorts of bizarre excursions. (And don't forget Rube Goldberg devices! =grin=)

Animal Poo

2012-01-10T06:59:00.001-08:00

The World's Greatest Disappearing Trick

2012-01-09T20:55:00.000-08:00

This collage was inspired by my dislike of seeing animals in captivity and my love of magic tricks. I based it around a single vintage photo featuring a lion behind bars, which I freed with my scissors (oops, I probably shouldn't have revealed the secret behind my trick).

Circus

2012-01-09T07:27:00.001-08:00

Napoleon's Liger on Campus

2012-01-08T06:30:00.000-08:00

Fishing For Tigers

2012-01-08T03:48:00.000-08:00

With the Arrival of the Asian Fishing Cat, the Quiet Hamlet Was Disturbed

2012-01-06T19:00:00.000-08:00

This happens to be Wasdale Head, Cumberland. The lake here is the deepest in England. The hamlet will never be the same.

At Her Rural Normandy Home, Madame Lechat's Pets Had Room To Roam

2012-01-06T18:55:00.000-08:00

reserved seat tickets $3.00

2012-01-06T17:03:00.000-08:00