Collage Journeys: A Practical Guide to Creating Personal Artwork - Softcover

Davies, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823099512 ISBN 13: 9780823099511

Publisher: Potter Craft, 2008

Synopsis

The only book to focus on creating meaningful, expressive collage



• Exciting step-by-step techniques and ideas for self-expression through collage


• Collage is extremely popular with crafters and scrapbookers


• Innovative viewpoint and inspiring examples



Collage can be more, much more, than just cutting and pasting. It can be a wonderful art form and a means of self-expression. Collage Journeys presents a series of innovative workshop assignments, each designed to relate the technique and format of a collage to its subject. Gathering materials, generating ideas, painting with paper, working in layers, using text, keeping a visual journal—project by project, new collage skills are explored. Stunning finished pieces offer additional ideas and inspiration. For anyone who has ever wanted to take collage to the next level‐adding meaning, subtext, and style—Collage Journeys offers the journey of a lifetime.

About this title

About the Author

Artist, designer, and teacher JANE DAVIES is known for her bold use of color. Davies designs tableware, fabric, paper goods, stationery, and other products for many prestigious manufacturers. She teaches workshops in collage, handmade books, and other topics relating to mixed media, and is also the author of A Glaze of Color (2004) and Collage With Color (2005), both published by Watson-Guptill Publications. She lives in Rupert, Vermont. Visit her on the Web at www.janedaviesstudios.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Potter Craft
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823099512
• ISBN 13: 9780823099511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144