last week my horoscope told me "your sensitivity is extra acute so make sure your psychic shield is up". make sure your psychic shield is up - it struck me as a powerful phrase. and excellent advise. i jotted it down and began digging up images to construct into collages. these are the first two interpretations.
making stuff
September 02, 2011
August 31, 2011
my autumn leaves for you...
my autumn leaves collection fabric is now available for sale by the yard at spoonflower!
thank you so much for all the happy birthday messages - you are the best :)
August 25, 2011
making stuff :: collage a day reflections on summer
rising from the sea
embrace those shifting weather patterns
thirst
see more of my collage a day project in my paper works flickr set.
August 24, 2011
feels like fall...
i made a loop scarf from my autumn leaves fabric. it's for sale in the shop. (sold!)
i liked it so much i made one for me, too!
and the autumn leaves scarf with fancy trim... because it's starting to feel like fall.
August 18, 2011
the autumn leaves...
one of a kind autumn leaves scarf is freshly listed this morning in the bricolagelife shop :)
August 15, 2011
making stuff :: instant double exposures
i have a habit of holding pages up to the light when i am cutting up books and magazines for collages. when there are images on both sides i check to see if i can extract from one and still use a portion of the other. i do this all the time. so i can't believe i never thought of this before. i saw it here on vivienne strauss' flickr stream. she found it here on seriykotik1970's photostream. good stuff. and so much fun.
if you try this (and i think you should), leave a link in the comments - i would love to see what you make of it.
August 02, 2011
making stuff :: collage a day, continued
bird lover. this morning's collage. see more in my flickr set of paper works.
August 01, 2011
rarely bored
the thought occurred to me the other day that i rarely feel bored but often feel boring. how can that be? but it is.
anyway, i have continued to carry my second cup of coffee down the hall into my workspace/clubhouse in the mornings to work on making new collages before leaving to go to my job. this one is titled "a little fine tuning".
July 19, 2011
right now i am: moving pieces of paper around
in an effort to make my mornings more efficient i have been devoting the hours before my day job begins to my own projects. i find i am too tired to accomplish very much in the evenings so i give myself the nights off and attempt to relax. after a weekend frenzy of stitching i switched gears to cut and paste paper works. this collage began as a reflection on another quote by rachel cusk, from the essay aftermath in the last granta (#115): "one way of defining what you are is to define what you are not."
it is still in process. i continue to cut, move, eliminate, add and alter the pieces until it all feels right. whatever that may be...
July 18, 2011
new collage :: going under
going under. its a feeling i have.
sosser
bricolage: something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available. life: capacity for growth, functional activity, and continual change peculiar to animals and plants before death.
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