Tag: Collage And Assemblage

Russell, "Remote Fishing Village"

For this piece I wanted to create a whimsical outdoor scene using circus tents and a "zipper tree".  The rest evolved on it's own to become a cold climate oceanside fishing village.  I used paper, vintage dictionary text, a zipper, furniture tacks, crocheted lace and a crocheted flower, oil pastels, acrylic paint, art pens, water…

Russell, "Remote Fishing Village"

For this piece I wanted to create a whimsical outdoor scene using circus tents and a "zipper tree".  The rest evolved on it's own to become a cold climate oceanside fishing village.  I used paper, vintage dictionary text, a zipper, furniture tacks, crocheted lace and a crocheted flower, oil pastels, acrylic paint, art pens, water…

Russell, "Little Plaid Camper"

Inspired by our recent vacation at a campground in Rangely, Maine, this piece incorporates paper, acrylic paint, TAP photo transfer, oil pastels, vintage metal hardware, ink, a vintage zipper, ric rac, and gobs of modeling paste.

London Games 2012

This Mixed media piece is to celebrate the Olympic Games coming to London in 2012.  I love to reuse lost, damaged and unwanted things. This is made from all recycled objects, pages from a Dickens Novel of 1898, old A-Z pages, pieces from vintage games, beads from old necklaces, a broken ruler from the USA,…

Swatton, Schwitter’s Legacy

Schwitter's Legacy  is an 18"X24" assemblage created on a gallery-wrap canvas. In choosing its elements, I made a very small dent in my huge collection of vintage ephemera.  I used regular-density matte gel medium to apply the papers and heavy-density gel to add the 3D embellishments.  The title is tongue-in-cheek since Schwitter himself actually used far fewer elements in most of his…