As I looked through my collection of projects, I came upon my little series of postcard artworks. They are collage works with collected images, words and little drawings of mine, which I posted here in March, 2017. I have my miniature theatre box set up to create my photos of a scene made of cut out paper images from my collection and artworks. However, the process had me stuck because it is quite complicated with the use of lighting, set-up and photographing it. I decided to make a paper collage instead. Then, I decided instead of pasting it down on card-stock, I'd just photograph it, so I could use the paper images again. Wow, that was a game changer!!! Now I've created about 20 images, some that are two versions - characters changed in position for another pic. I must have close to 50,000 paper images in my files, which I am now scanning and uploading to my computer (and back-up files!), as well as 30,000 collected images from my own photos and the internet. This first image was glued down, and I am not as satisfied with it as it is, but it jump started me in a new direction. It was made in February, 2019, which I published at the time.
In May, 2020, I returned to the collage process, but simply took a photo of it. I then decided to print a collection of images for background, flooring, characters and objects, from which I could choose during my time of creating. The floor looks like tile, but is actually a micro-photo of stained plant cells! Title: The Dance.
Here is a combination of images photographed off the tv, collected from the internet and photographed by myself, June, 2020. I do my best to collect and create images that have the same position of light source - the upper left - to maintain a continuity. Title: Lullaby.
In July, 2020, with my larger collection at hand, I started making 2 or 3 collages in one sitting. This is 001-07-12-20. You can recognize the illustrated fairy, which is a costume design for ballet, from a previous collage, and the flying fairy from the previous collage. Title: Askew.
This is the second one, from that day 002-07-12-20. You can see how the shadows give a bit of 3D here. Title: Longing.
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