The Kollage Kit: July 2020

Thursday, 30 July 2020

FAMILY: Gertrude Stein Commemorative Postage Stamp of her beloved pet Basket

One of my favs, from my archives.

Gertrude & her poodle Basket (or is it Basket II ?)

“You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.”

― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

This week's challenge is collages based on families, real or fictional.

At this point, I retire from the monthly themes for now as July fades away.
Thanks for all the fine & fun artwork over the Summer weeks.

#StaySafe - Ron

Sunday, 26 July 2020

Thursday, 23 July 2020

Theme: Rock, Paper, Scissors.

One for the collagers!
Anything that is conjured up by one, two or all three elements of the famous hand game.

...And that wraps it up for this week. Cut!
(I'll get my coat....) :D

#StaySafe
- Ron

Monday, 20 July 2020

Thursday, 16 July 2020

Free For All - Sketchbook Pages

A few pages from my latest Covid sketchbook I've been making in lockdown mode. Mostly collage and pencil drawings of odd things around the house accompanied by unrelated cut up prose/poems from old magazines and books etc.

Wednesday, 15 July 2020

Theme: Free For All

Not done a "No Theme" for a long time.
Do anything you wanna do as we head down the freestyle freeway of mid-summer madness.
#StaySafe
Ron

Friday, 10 July 2020

FOOD & DRINK: Homage to Chef Markus Auer

ANATOMY OF A COLLAGE:

This collage came together quite by accident. First, I loved the image of the chef which I found in a Taschen book. Next, my hands picked up an Assouline book about vintage celebrity jewelry.

There I found Marlene Dietrich. I discovered how perfectly she fit on the chef's shoulder. In the same Assouline book was a page consisting entirely of an image of a beautiful piece of lace. The collage was completed. I loved this image. But, how to explain it? I GOOGLED "Marlene Dietrich's eating habits". GOLD!

Georg A. Weth, a German author, has spent years researching Marlene's eating habits and has published a book of her favorite foods and what she liked to cook for her celebrity friends. By the way, traditional plain German cooking was her very favorite food. In "Ick will wat Feinet. Das Marlene Dietrich Koxhbuch" it is also revealed Markus Auer was a German cook (top chef at a German restaurant in Paris) who catered to Marlene in her final years. She would ring him up and he would prepare and deliver a meal to her. At the very end, he even possessed a key to her flat, their bond was that strong.