{"id":13909,"date":"2023-04-07T15:10:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=13909"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T15:13:12","slug":"lexicon-of-collage-daily-project-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=13909","title":{"rendered":"Lexicon of Collage: Daily Project for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love having a daily art project, something quick and easy and not too complicated. Having this type of project gets me into my studio, even on days when I only have a little bit of time or when I’m not feeling like painting or doing something big. Last year I kept a daily journal where I filled the pages with words, collages, and small paintings. One year I did a painting a day in a series of spiral bound journals. For this year, I am creating a collage each day and I have titled my project Lexicon of Collage<\/em>. For my substrate, I am using matboard cut into 4×6 inch pieces (I ordered the matboard in a size of my choosing from\u00a0Matboard and More,\u00a0<\/span><\/a>a company I have used for a lot of projects over the years).<\/p>\n

For most of the collages I make, I use pieces of my hand painted papers, which I create using acrylic paint on various papers, i.e., drawing, deli, tissue, and paper bags. I divide these papers by color, making it easy to find just what I need.<\/p>\n

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Stacks of my painted papers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Stacks of freshly painted papers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Painted paper for collage work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I’m ready to create a collage, I reach for my painted papers, text and typography, bits of ephemera, scraps from old books, and random pieces of collected papers. I audition the papers and when I have a composition I like, I start gluing using Golden semi-gloss soft gel medium.<\/p>\n

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Laying out a grid collage and preparing to glue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once I have glued down my collage material, I place a piece of wax paper over the collage and then a stack of heavy books on top (or a bag of rice), and let it dry for several hours (or overnight). Once the glue is set, I often have raggedy edges that I like to trim using an Xacto knife. Once the collages are trimmed, I apply a thin coat of Golden’s semi-gloss soft gel medium, the same medium I use for gluing the papers.<\/p>\n

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Collages ready to be trimmed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More trimming.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trimming edges off of collages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A beautiful pile of paper trimmings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are several benefits to having a daily project. As I mentioned above, this type of project gets me into my studio. But even more than propelling me to make art daily, it pushes me to experiment and play with a variety of compositions, unusual color combinations, and ways to create little pieces of art that hopefully take my breath away, that cause a gasp of delight, <\/em>all the things that I want to happen in my bigger paintings.\u00a0<\/i>A bonus: I\u00a0have already used some of my collages as inspirations for my paintings.<\/p>\n

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Completed collages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Another fun addition to this project is how I share my completed collages. About once a week, give or take, I share a grouping of collages I have created. I started inviting friends (and family) to be my guest collage flippers<\/em>. I videotape my invited collage flipper and share the videos on Instagram. Here are some of my invited flippers.<\/p>\n

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Guest collage flipper: daughter Melissa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Guest collage flipper: granddaughter Gabriella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Guest collage flipper: Elise Wagner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Guest collage flipper: Stephanie Brockway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Guest collage flippers: son Scott and grandson Harrison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Guest collage flipper: grandson Luke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For more regular updates on this project, follow on me on Instagram<\/span><\/a> where I regularly post videos of my guest collage flippers<\/em> and\/or sign up for my monthly newsletter<\/span><\/a>, where I do periodic updates about my Lexicon of Collage\u00a0<\/em>project.<\/p>\n

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My stack of collages as of the end of February.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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