Clare Plug Collage Workshop

Today was Clare's workshop. The first thing we were told was, "Ignore all rules except this one." It wasn't the kind of collage workshop that required layers upon layers, necessarily. The work was more of cut and position, study and paste, and if you like, add layers, draw additional lines or frames, or hide some of what you've pasted.

Being the slowest student, cutting and pasting was all I got around to doing, but I must be getting used to these workshops because I was able to jump straight in without wasting time thinking. Or, it was a well-constructed workshop. Or Both.

Negative of one of my glass photos

Arranging vertical pieces: another of my glass photos.

I like that this looks like a composite of two guys, but it's really one man.

De-constructed/reconstructed chook and eggs, immediately after lunch, after Jo gave me some tips on how to prepare for the dye workshop.

The weaver wove badly. These two sheets are of the same glass photo, but one is the color negative and the other the B/W negative. The idea was to have one sheet where some areas have colors and others showing just the values, but I used strong two-sided tapes to secure one side, and since there is no give when weaving paper, the bottom sheet in particular became very warped. I shall try this again.

My table-mate Sharon and me. Thank you for this, Jo.

A big treat was the short talk at the end on how Clare designs, and we were shown some of her collage and scrapbook work.

It appears there will be a play group based on today's workshop, where we'll get together and just do some more collage on our own. I'm in!

Edit: with simpler lines, it is possible to make the two sheets fit almost one on top of the other, but not quite. After finishing this one, I realized, the two were not different versions of the same photo.

Whereas these are. With even simpler cuts, the sheets are almost the same size, with a lot less warping. And now that I've completed what I set out to do, it's boring. Next, please!