The Fall - Falling in love with a book

 

the-fall: Falling Chap

THE FALL

 

The first thing that popped into my mind is how cats have the ability to fall from a great height and survive it. This, from the good old internet:

There are documented cases of cats falling from the 32nd floor of NYC skyscrapers and surviving.

During a fall from a high place, a cat reflexively twists its body and rights itself using its acute sense of balance and flexibility. This is known as the cat's "righting reflex".

The Fall - Free Fall

 From my archive. (Collage from 2010)

The Fall

 

The Fall - Horses Divers

The Fall - Falling Mammoths

One from the archives.

THEME: The Fall

Not a very original theme for this time of the year. It's autumn! Or is it someone who stumbles? Or is it a band? Or is it the fall of society?!

This is the last theme I picked. I enjoyed everyone's inventiveness and creativity!! Who would like to pick the themes fot the next two months?

East meets West - Crossing Borders

 

East meets West - Twice as nice

 

East Meets West - Camoflage

Beach Cowboy Attack

I'm sure this was called something more subtle back in the day when I made it. Renegade Beach Chair Attendants On The Rampage? It seemed funny that this gang of westerners would turn up on a Victorian beach scene in Bognor Regis or somewhere east of Portsmouth? Maybe they were from the end of the pier show? Who knows?

east-meets-west: Golfing Chess

The modern game of Golf originated in 15th century Scotland but the game’s ancient origins are unclear and may have came from the Chinese game of Chuiwan.

The recorded history of Chess goes back to the emergence of a similar game Chaturanga in 7th century India.

EAST coast Broadway star Vivian Blaine heads WEST to vacation in the North Dakota Badlands

 Wish You Were Here?

East meets West

 

THEME: East meets West

 Interpret it as you like.

HYBRID -- Hark to the Woodland Call...Come to the Waltz of the Flowers

 

Fit Hybrid

Hybridized: An artwork / a human / primitive nerve cells
 

hybrid: Half Man Half Biscuit

A tribute to one of my favourite bands.

Hybrid: Hungry Hybrids

From the archive.
 

HYBRID -- Cat Lady

One more from the archives.

Hybrid - Metamorphosis

Homage to Kafka.

HYBRID -- All Hail "Queen Saturn-A"

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This one is from the archives. I look forward to creating more interpretations of this interesting theme as the week goes on!
 

Hybrid

 

Hybrid - Man/Machine

A page from my doodle sketchbook.

THEME: Hybrid

 This time we're going to make a collage about something that is a mixture of two or more very different things. (For example : human/plant,  animal/machine, flower/building.) Have fun creating new entities!

Multicolor - Psychedelic relic

 

He was a multi colorful character, wasn't he?

 

Multi-colour pet shop

 

Multicolour - Biodiversity

From my archive.
 

Multicolour - Body Parts

Archie made this collage and thought it would be a good one for the theme. He's staying with us at the moment and might join in if he has time. He made this some time ago.

Multicolour - Eat More Sweets

Altered postcard.

multicolour: Carry On Merzing

Multicolour - She's A Rainbow

From the archives. Based on the Rolling Stones song from their dip into psychedelia. Matchbox labels from our collection which reminds me the North West Phillumenists meet up soon in Northwich so must pop along and get some more colourful ephemera!

THEME: Multicolor

After the restrictions of a limited color palette last week, we now can go wild with colors. Somewhere over the rainbow we'll find joyful, vibrant splashes of color in our stacks of papers.

Monochrome - Turquoise

 

MONOCHROME: Museum Preview

Pasted down on pink cardstock:

The vertical banner and words from a vintage ART in AMERICA magazine, "The Swing" by Jean-Honore Fragonard c. 1765, sketch of woman from a how to draw book, landscape behind her from a Georgia O'Keeffe painting, being overlooked by a painting by Paul Klee and finally a beautiful flower from one of my gardening books.

This was really fun to do. I had to real dig a lot to come up with these images!

Monochrome - How yellow can you go

 

Monochrome - White Out

monochrome: Amarillo Encounter