So as promised here is a slideshow of the series 52 Weeks. This collage project was started in late spring of 2008. After finishing a year of teaching at Carroll CC i felt the need to refresh my creative juices. Since i had just recently re-discovered Hannah Hoch(due to above mentioned teaching gig) i determined that i would create a collage a week for an entire year. Seemed doable, if a trifle excessive. Still, i reasoned with the right sort of parameters i could make this work. I settled on a common format, size, 8.5 x 11", all done on a tan laid paper. Orientation, wether vertical or horizontal was predicated by the image choices. Generally speaking i sat with a piece of paper, prepped with an inch matting margin all the way around, than simply started leafing through my files of imagery until i found a starting point, building on that until a narrative/image developed. I don't glue anything until i am happy with the entire composition. Sometimes a particular image would start as the focal point, only to be discarded as it no longer fit where i had first placed it.
So the weather has turned warmer again. The snow is rapidly melting. The melting will be helped along immensely by this afternoon's rain. Gorgeous sunset the other night. Definite red skys!
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| Looking towards the sunset |
I am finally in the single digits in the leaves to go on the Green Man. As you might be able to tell, there will still be plenty of work to go after i finish the last seven. Yes, even i think i must be crazy.
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| Yea! Only 7 leaves to go, and than... |
Last but not least, as you may be able to tell from the photo below Magellan and i have an ongoing dispute over ownership of the rocking chair in my studio.
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| It's the look that says it all! |
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More later,
Morgainne
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