‘Join Me On a Journey with No Beginning and No End’ was my first attempt at an entirely scrap paper collage with experimental mark making and stitching onto card. I spent weeks on it, playing without expectation, at carefully paced intervals. I thoroughly enjoyed the process - which is what it was all about - and was surprised that I love the outcome too.
The effect is a busy collection of colours and marks linked with drawn spirals, topography/fingerprint patterns, dots and acrylic paint applied using a small vintage woodblock stamp.
Materials used: blue and white index from an old road map, lilac tissue paper, scraps of old painting experiments, kitchen paper that had been used for blotting green, yellow and purple paint from brushes, leftover purple and red coloured paper from previous uses, plain white paper with blue pen scribbles on, white acrylic paint, purple felt tip, blue fine liner pen, purple embroidery thread, and glue stick.
‘Join Me On a Journey with No Beginning and No End’
Tiny scraps of time/energy, discarded materials, and a desire to play are as conducive to creativity as I’d hoped!
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