Experimental Collage Class Lesson 1 Which Bob shot?

I have really been busy going through piles of images I have stored for years. I may have to come back and work on this one. The class is Cut and Paste Collage. No digital. I have been starting with cut and paste and scanning that in to add digital elements. Now the dining room table is a glue site.

5x3.5 inches

"YOUR NEW YEAR BEGINS ON LABOR DAY"

"Introducing a new concept in timely living" YOUR NEW YEAR BEGINS ON LABOR DAY

This is from Letterology. "It was on Labor Day, September 2nd, 1957, fifty-six years ago today, George Giusti's celebrated cover design for Holiday magazine took center stage on magazine stands across the country. Labor Day is about celebrating our work, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate this Labor Day than share this work of George Giusti (1908-1990); one of the most innovative designers and illustrators of the last century."

http://letterology.blogspot.com

I wasn't familiar with his work. Very fresh and bold collage covers. He understood how to keep it simple (looking). Not so easy to do though.

So here is to celebrating our work and being able to work.

Rock Pick, Area 5

This is an old photo and I wanted to give it new life and try out some different framing ideas. This picture was taken several years back but the wabi sabi Rock Pike/Hammer is still around someplace on the property. If you want one there are several being offered on eBay but they don't have this nice rust.

The summer is almost gone and I feel the excitement of returning to school. eSchool that is. I will be taking a photography class with Carol Leigh in late September so maybe that will give me a kick in the pants to embrace my camera. 

This next weekend I start a class "Experiments in Collage" and e course with Randel Ploughman who is also the author of the "Collage Workbook". I am not quite ready to get my hands dirty with glue and paint but I have cleaned out the outdoor studio formerly belonging to my late husband (sorry Marty) and will initiate that space with some hands-on collage. I am so spoiled by using Fusion 4000 as my adhesive. It is a heat process and very clean. I need more backgrounds to feed the digital urge so nothing will be lost.  Food for the scanner and maybe the camera.

My joy is in the learning.

Tea House Door Latch, Area 6

Cloudy, rain threatening. The Tea House is secured by this piece of bent metal. A true example of Wabi Sabi right in my back yard. Does it need painting? Probably, but it is just getting good. Have I used it as a tea House recently? No, but it still has the tatami mats and my neighbor wants to have a tea ceremony this fall. Yes!

I have been cleaning out and rearranging my studio to accommodate the use of a tripod more easily. What to give up or move out is a bit of a quandary. I am going to take a class with Carol Leigh this fall and my current attempts at High Key Photography have been very poor indeed. Check out her site for inspiration.

http://carolleigh.blogspot.com

Envelope Circa 1943

My how time flies. I have had a lot of company and it was good seeing old friends. Now I will try to post more frequently.

Ephemera from Area 15 in the Amt Dig Site.  Love this grungy envelope. I found it with glue stains really dark in color. The glue had burned the paper with it's acidity. It was an empty envelope so the stains show through to the front also.

"Reach...Beyond Your Head..."

This collage began with a juxtaposition of two paper scraps. I first think of them as horizons. I really don't think they need a subject but it adds to the challenge.

"Cancelled" and Bulletin Board Collage

I still return to my pile of wabi sabi paper scraps for therapy. I have been away from this blog site so I am catching up by posting these two scraps. The top collage background is a 1655 map of old London. I have a 1864 reproduction of it that I scanned in to use in this collage. The bottom collage is a photograph of papers on my bulletin board.