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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=
Lovely work!
ReplyDeleteGood challenge...good collage. You've been making me take a look around the house to see what fodder is at hand for my next work.
ReplyDeleteWonderful piece, Fi, for a most successful (and challenging) challenge!
ReplyDeleteNice work.
ReplyDeleteThanks, y'all! Could I bother you to be a little more specific—as in, what works about this piece, what doesn't work? I love abstract collage, but as I'm much challenged by trying to make it, as the rest of you have been relating. I would love to learn more about how to do it!
ReplyDeleteSpecifics, it is. What I like is the textural contrast (wrinkled brown paper, sharp black edges of the letter "A"), the balance of the composition (with the red and orange scraps seeming to take wing, while the A plunges to earth), AND the color choices.
ReplyDeleteReally cool Fi! The composition works really well in this for me because my eye is naturally attracted to the red 'lightning strike' shapes which then lead my eye to the falling A.
ReplyDeleteVery organic and autumnal. I thought you had used tree bark at first.
ReplyDeleteThe textures, muted colours and bold inverted letter shape work together well in the elongated shape.
Thanks, y'all! I really appreciate the specific feedback, because it connects up with specific comments I've gotten on other collages, and tells me what to do right, the next time. =smile=
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