The piece began with the collage, “Never Enough Payback” (blogged at Weeding and Never Enough Payback),but once I deconstructed the collage, it ceased to exist. Though the collage was recycled into this new work, its value changed. In pieces, it became tesserae, just as the millefiori and the smalti.
The words and images of the collage are now just [...]
Filed under: change, collage, creative process, deconstruction, growth, journaling, layers, lost, materials, mosaic, payback on July 17th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This was “Escape”. This was a small piece, probably 8″ x 8″, and until yesterday, it was the most important work of art I had ever created. “Escape” was a visual representation of something like 9 months (I’m really not sure how long) of a debilitating depression. It was a great piece on many levels, and [...]
Filed under: change, collage, creative process, deconstruction, journaling, mosaic, payback, secrets, sexuality on July 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I completed the collage a couple of nights ago. As I worked on it, it began to breathe. This is my first collage, and I honestly felt it come to life. I have some very real and haunting ghosts in my past, and I’m just getting past the surface with this piece, titled “Never Enough [...]
Filed under: collage, creative process, journaling, layers, payback, secrets, sexuality, thoughts on July 9th, 2008 | No Comments »