The Paris Index Card Collection

Another yearly collage challenge

that I am belatedly joining in with

is hosted by the Paris Collage Collective. 

My substrate for this challenge

will be index cards,

together with the challenge image provided.

If you are on Instagram

you can follow the challenge hashtag to see

the collages from all the participants.

Week 1

Late Again

Week 2

Follow the Signs

Week 3

Rising Star

Week 4

Free your Mind

I have used collage paper from

the Collage_This 01 publication

from Contemporary Collage Magazine.

I debated with myself

whether to add a week number

to each index card &

finally decided to print some numbers out

to add to the collages that I had already made.

I think I made the right choice.

Deck of Cards Collage Challenge

Rather belatedly, I decided to take part

in a year long collage challenge,

hosted by Melinda Morgenstern.

Using a pack of playing cards,

the challenge is to create a collage

using a specified card

& if you want to,

follow an additional,

yet optional, prompt.

If you are on Instagram,

you can follow the challenge hashtag to see

the collages from all the participants.

Week 1

The first card picked was the 8 of Clubs.

Week 2

The card picked was the 5 of Diamonds

& the prompt was Stripe.

Stand Tall

Week 3

The card picked was the 9 of Diamonds

& the prompt was Catch.

The Juggler

Week 4

The card picked was the Q of Diamonds

& the prompt was Waiting.

Asking the Question

Source materials include:-

The 2022 Artist Almanac,

Collage_This from Contemporary Collage Magazine,

images from The Graphics Fairy

& Joseph Cornell

with my own printed number labels.

Wanderlust 2022

For 2022 I have enrolled in the

Wanderlust art journal course

for another year.

The course is run by Everything Art.

The course this year is also

based around materials,

rather than themed,

which appealed to me.

This will be my fifth year,

but last year I fell behind

& have yet to complete the lessons.

To help me this year,

I have made a small junk journal

made from an old book,

with old book pages,

some printed papers

& even fabric.

There are three signatures,

with pages no larger than 4 x 6 inches.

I am hoping that starting each week

with a smaller page,

a page that is already imperfect,

will help me to not be too precious

about whatever I create.

I have chosen a word for the year

& using a background image from 

Eulalia Mejia

have created the first page

in my little junk journal.

Care December - Part 4 of 4

Care December was a free art journal event

from Everything Art

hosted by Kasia Avery.

Here are the last pages

from days 16 to 20.

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

Day 20

For this short project

I used quotations from

a publication produced by

In the Moment magazine,

images from 

a Handbook from

The National Trust

from the year 2000,

various old printed papers,

& red washi tape.

Care December - Part 3 of 4

Care December is a free art journal event

from Everything Art

hosted by Kasia Avery.

Here are my pages from days 11 to 15.

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

100 Small Steps - The Finale

 

The last blog post about my 100 Small Steps project

inspired by prompts & guidelines

from Kasia Avery at

Everything Art.

Day 99

For the last two pages of this project

I wanted to reflect on my sources of inspiration.

Throughout this project

I have been inspired by

the following.

An old book

entitled Wild Flowers

by MacGregor Skene

published in 1925 by

The People's Book.

A copy of 

In the Moment magazine

from January 2018.

A copy of Interiors

from John Lewis

from 2013.

Day 100

I have been working in

a small square journal

from Sea White of Brighton.

Care December - Part 2 of 4

Care December is a free art journal event

from Everything Art

hosted by Kasia Avery.

Here are my pages from days 5 to 10

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

100 Small Steps - Week 14

 

Week 14 of 100 Small Steps

inspired by prompts & guidelines

from Kasia Avery at

Everything Art.

Day 92

Day 93

Day 94

Day 95

Day 96

Day 97

Day 98

Participants are requested

to not share the prompts & guidelines

as they form the basis of the course.

I am working in a small square journal

from Sea White of Brighton.

Care December - Part 1 of 4

Care December is a free art journal event

from Everything Art

hosted by Kasia Avery.

It runs from 4th December for 20 days.

I made a small journal

with just enough pages for

this 20 day event.

My journal

Here are my pages from day 1 to day 5.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5