I made some notes, writing down things that interested me and ways I could reuse images. Then I started looking through the paper hoard...
...which is this folder that is full of scraps and things I've kept over time. Gift wrap, pages from books, ordinance surveys and maps, scans, dried plants.
The examples of collagers in the presentation that I liked were ones that weren't intricate at all, they used colour and arrangement to let the piece of found imagery speak for itself (e.g. Jim Harter).
I just started playing around, cutting up and photocopying pictures I found. They're not good, but I liked thinking up stories to accompany the images. When I was noting down ideas to start with, adverts and posters were the first things I thought of. An existing image I had seen was stuck in my mind, and I found their name...
it was Nathaniel Russel
I'm glad I found this person out. I really like his drawings and prints too, the tone and aesthetic speaks to me. It's nice to be inspired by things. So even though my outcome for this exercise was two thumbs down, collaging as an action is nice and I need to harness my own Nathaniel Russel vibes..
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