Featured Work
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We're Still Growing by Kseniya Nelasova
paper collage
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sTiChiNg dReAMs by Alicia Pellón
mixed media collage
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"Burger Queen" by ideasinmotion
mixed media on canvas. 24” x 20” ....she tells her own story….
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The Choice by Diana Maus
It’s not unusual for an artist to be influenced by poetry. Poetry is truth exposed— eloquently and succinctly. Sometimes it seems like my personal truth, but as it turns out, my truth is universal. This piece was inspired by the poet Wislawa Szymborska. / http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1996/szymborska-poetry.html / In the poem “COULD HAVE”, / http://www.english.upenn.edu/~traister/szymborska.html / Szymborska writes about destiny/fate/chance/luck and, most fortunately, reprieve. I read this poem many times and eventually realized that I didn’t really have The Choice to decide my fate after my mother’s death at a young age. “As a result”, “because”, “although” and “despite” played the larger role. The “Chest” of drawers is a metaphor for my mother’s chest (and heart). Once upon a time, there seemed no separation between hers and mine. The four drawers state my truths: As a result of circumstances at the time / Because I had to go on / Although it wasn’t what I wanted, and / Despite all evidence to the contrary I chose. Or did I?
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Antique by Wanagi Zable-Andrews
Digital collage/graphic design using images of Sydney and Luna Park.
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Good Word Messages by artbynaomi
Collage on paper in rich soothing greens and stitched embellishments.
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Grow Old Along with Me by AlteredIllusions
Collage of photos, art tissue paper on a layer of gessoed torn wallpaper strips on a 12” x 16” canvas panel. / Photos of Lorrha Cemetery, St. Mary’s Abbey, Wicklow, and Inagh Cemetery, Co. Clare, Ireland are included with written permission of Anna Ryan. / Inagh Cemetery is most meaningful to me because some of my ancestors are buried there. / I have plans to include this piece in a digital collage with vintage photos of my grandparents.
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Airmid by AlteredIllusions
Airmid was created in honor of one of my grandmothers. I used a vintage photo of her, taken when she was 18. She was sitting in bright sunlight, wearing a dark colored dress with a sailor collar. I loved the high contrast of her face and how she is looking down, so I cropped her head and printed it on paper we made from cornhusks. Also included in this piece is potpourri, acrylic paint, and a wand constructed of a branch, raffia, wire, and glass beads and gems. From my Goddess series, Airmid is the Celtic goddess of herbal healing, and she stood guard over the Well of Slaine in Ireland. She is said to live in the mountains of Ireland yet today, healing faeries and humans who need her help. Water is her element.
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Big Sky by TraceyK
This is acrylic and collaged map on board.
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The Empty Chair (for Emily) by Diana Maus
Mixed-media. 5 1/2” x 10” / This bejeweled chair was inspired by a quote by Karl Kraus: / “One’s need for loneliness is not satisfied if one sits at a table alone. There must be empty chairs as well.” / ....I am no stranger to loneliness, so this quote has a lot of meaning for me. There are a lot of empty chairs at my table. But I am an avid reader and when I read, the most interesting people are here with me! / ....The quote also had me thinking about the old question “If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?” My first chair is dedicated to my first choice at the table… Emily Dickinson. Emily has written extensively about loneliness, isolation and alienation— looking at the world from a distance, peering through windows at what others seem to take for granted, a normal life. This piece is dedicated to her poem “Heart, we will forget him!” Heart, we will forget him! / You an I, tonight! / You may forget the warmth he gave, / I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me / That I my thoughts may dim; / Haste! lest while you’re lagging. / I may remember him! So, here’s to “Empty Chairs” that, when occupied while I read, fill the void. / /
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Once on This Familiar Spot by Uta Mooney
collage and acrylic paint on canvas. 50.8×40.6cm
Recent Work
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Chado - Japanese tea-ceremony by avalyn
one of the spreads from a kid’s board-book, sanded, painted orange, collaged and printed.
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detail of Madonna-crone.. by avalyn
See main image.
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madonna-crone by avalyn
Assemblage on board, / I ripped apart an old wardrobe that was waiting to be burn’t. This is a drawing and collage on 2 layers of the decaying wood….reminded me of the break-down of old constructions which include the idea of the Madoona as eternally youthful and inviolate. This overlay in Christian consciousness denies women the wisdom and beauty of ageing.
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Raphael's Mother and Leonardo by Jenny Davis
Gathered a few things from a collection of antique postcards I got from a Paris last year , created a few collages and photographed them , just experimenting. “Disturbed by a noise in the night Raphael’s mother and cat Leonardo, slowly stalk the corridors of the castle in the hunt of the culprit…...’
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Pardon Madam by Jenny Davis
Gathered a few things from a collection of antique postcards I got from a Paris last year , created a few collages and photographed them , just experimenting.
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Wondering about love.............. by avalyn
Assemblage of found objects beginning with a sardine-tin. Includes wire from old bee-hives, ink-printed wooden ‘body’, and bitumen fill in the sardine-tin. / 35cms X 27cms
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Just for one moment by artchicnj
Small collage on canvas board. Photos, vintage images and 3d word bubble.
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The first ACEO I produced combining Collage, cut-out and Drawing was Winter Star / / I usually start by drawing the face. Then I produce a collaged background. I then cut-out the face and place onto its collage background. / I really liked this way of working and went on to produce… / / / / plus some still to be uploaded
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Lady of Books Decisions I by Cyndianne
I have been interested in the Mayan hieroglyphics and found one that suits me, the Lady of Books glyph. This collage represents many of the decisions that I make daily.
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Found Poetree (2) by Cyndianne
Sculpture created with wire, rocks, piece of a brick, bamboo quilt batting, and old sewing patterns; 2nd place at Windsor Fine Arts Show 2008 :-)
About This Group
Calling devotees and aficionados of all things altered! Altered Books, journals, Art cards, editions, originals (ACEOs), Artist trading cards (ATCs which are traded, not sold), etc. are just the beginning!
Whether you create collages or free standing assemblages, show us your best and finest altered and embellished work. Consider additions to your base of fabric, fibers, metal sheeting, wire, stitch, wax, dyes, beads, transparencies, text, etc.
collage – A picture or design created by adhering such basically flat elements as newspaper, wallpaper, printed text and illustrations, photographs, cloth, string, etc., to a flat surface, when the result becomes three-dimensional, and might also be called a relief sculpture / construction / assemblage. Most of the elements adhered in producing most collages are “found” materials. Introduced by the Cubist artists, this process was widely used by artists who followed, and is a familiar technique in contemporary art.
“Collage” was originally a French word, derived from the word coller, meaning “to paste.”
Assemblage sculpture – A three-dimensional composition made of various materials such as found objects, paper, wood, and textiles.
While I admire quality photo composites of many layers, if the photo collage is the work in its entirety, this is not the group for you. Photo collages can be part of a larger work, but aren’t the focus of this particular group. You may want to check out some sister groups such as Mixed Media or The Art of Photoshop
Moderated by: AlteredIllusions (Denise)
1. Only 2 uploads per member per day to the group.
2. Work must be original to you, i.e. no uploads for friends and family members.
3. Any questions/suggestions, Bubblemail any moderator.
4. Be sure any image transfers and elements are within copyright and trademark guidelines.
5. No Spam or non related themed journal entries are allowed.
6. Any images / journal entries not following the guidelines will automatically be removed without notification.
7. Moderators have final say. Please, no public debate on their decisions. If you need a clarification, please use the Bubblemail system.
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