A colleague and friend of mine said to me many years ago, when I was questioning the direction I borrowed on a project: “Trust the process” A Phrase that many think corny, and maybe it is, but it has never faulted me. I trust that things will come together whatever path I take so long […]
Category: collage
Fallen Democracy, Revolt and Silenced Voices
Continuing on from the theme or deceit and smoking mirrors,I needed some darker elements, most of which I was able to source from creative common sources. I then enlisted my friend Firefly and Chat with the delicate task to generate some material I could use for this project. While I initially wanted to stick with a […]
Con or not…I’m happy!
The easiest person to deceive is oneself A quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton While the idea that my confidence was so low that I would pay £20 for a pack of decoupage against the promise of an online exhibition (which never manifested) was running constantly in my mind while I was going through […]
Feeling Boosted but searching for that voice.
It has been a few weeks since I responded to this call to create a collage for this online gallery. I initially threw myself into the challenge in order to jolt myself into a creative practice I struggled to revive. I has continued to be a struggle as I procrastinated for weeks looking at this […]
A creativity Booster …or is it?
I recently came across this social media call from Tebbs Contemporary Gallery, for a collage project. Although this sounded like a total con, it also provided me with the perfect opportunity to kick start my creativity after this very long slump. The call requires one to purchase a collage pack to work from, get inspired […]
A bit of progress – Some thoughts, collage experimentation, one design.
A Nature and Technology I recently started doing some scrapbooking in my personal journal and found myself remembering how I loved the art practice of collage. As a past lecturer, this is something I integrated in my Interactive Photography class, as well as in my animation classes. Layers, movement, intersections, new shapes and new narratives […]
Chrysalis
Contentment, balance and peace “Realise that true happiness lies within. Waste no time and effort searching for peace, contentment and joy in the world outside” Unknown. It has been a few weeks since I forced my brain and being to engage in thinking for this project. The last was already challenging, not feeling productive. However, […]
Strength
Strength is the running theme of the many lives that made my history. Thinking about what strength means to me and it conjures up images of my mother, and her mother before her. The true measure of their strength is in the resilience they had following adversity. Undoubtedly their stories, while unique in their details, […]