Making a collage is making a mess
Making a collage always means making a mess on the desk. Most of the time it’s inspiring, sometimes it’s overwhelming. But as Brian Eno put it: When in doubt, tidy up. Brian Eno
Making a collage always means making a mess on the desk. Most of the time it’s inspiring, sometimes it’s overwhelming. But as Brian Eno put it: When in doubt, tidy up. Brian Eno
I love the simplicity of Etel Adnan’s paintings. I took one of her untitled works from 2010 and „copied“ it as a collage of found paper and some of my scraps.
Morning walks with Cooper in the sun. No better way to start the day.
I made four collages with a combination of coloured paper. The challenge was to use all the scraps. The outcome is always a surprise.
Yesterday, after a failed attempt two years ago (stuck in a traffic jam), I finally managed to see Róisín Murphy live on stage in Cologne. Queen of exuberance.
I made this small collage a few days ago from some of my scraps and this one particular lovely yellow flower thing. It was made by my dear friend and wonderful Wisconsin-based artist Karina Cutler-Lake. I found it in a box full of collage material she had sent me some weeks ago. It’s always a special pleasure to use her scraps in my collage experiments.
I can’t remember ever buying some flowers for the kitchen table only. I’m glad I did now! It’s such a wonderful companion for writing and reading and having tea in the morning.
Storage When I moved from one house to anotherthere were many things I had no roomfor. What does one do? I rented a storagespace. And filled it. Years passed.Occasionally I went there and looked in,but nothing happened, not a singletwinge of the heart.As I grew older the things I caredabout grew fewer, but were moreimportant. So one day I undid the lockand called the trash man. He tookeverything.I felt like the little donkey whenhis burden […]