I saw this great ad for a show at a museum in London (with the title above) and decided it was going to be our Art Studio sketchbook assignment for this week. My students are busily working, but I finished first and wanted to share my finished page.
My assemblage is about my journey through art. I have used scans of my Beetle art pieces as the cars driving along the road and some great road package tape as the boundaries. It was really great fun picking out all the different papers- cutting them into squares- attaching them and filling in with prismacolors. (In fact, I think I would love a quilt made out of these patterns and colors.) It would also have been fun to make the entire background then attach 1 or 3 major figures or themes. Hint: Nikki is playing with Ninjas from the Ninja Gmail background- can't wait to see how it comes out.)
From the beginning to the end (where you reach my newest Twitter avatar), you can see many fun mediums (symbolized by the papers/colors), twists and turns into new directions (shown by the road)- always bounded by the tape, which are my guard rails. It was fun and frothy and therapeutic. Who doesn't like to color?
Coming next? I'll share the other collages when finished, but this week, we are moving on to t-shirt rag pillows. A great way to upcycle old tshirts and to create a really fun piece for your bed. I got the idea from a tshirt rag rug tutorial I found on Pinterest. I'll share our inspiration with pics of what we make. To give you a clue, here's a preview of our trial rows. Color, color, color!!
