Tag: handmade collage
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All or Nothing
I’m the first to admit I’m an obsessional, all or nothing person. I worry that I repeat myself too much in this blog, and I almost certainly do, but that reflects my character, for good or ill. Whenever I get interested in a new thing, my first reaction is to buy lots of books on…
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An Alternative Start to the Year
I’ve always felt as if September should be the first month of the year. A hangover from childhood, no doubt, the school year always beginning in September. A new uniform, empty notebooks, newly-sharpened pencils. For many years (in particular the first two year of high school) also a time of dread. But most of the…
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Putting myself back together again
I’ve written before in this blog about the urge of collage artists to collect all manner of weird and wonderful things and this post will revisit that theme without apology: it’s such a fundamental part of my identity as a collage artist, and to a large extent serves as an end in itself. My urge…
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My Year in Review
In all honesty I hardly know where to start. In a nutshell, 2024 began badly and got worse. There were many times when I thought of shutting down this blog, but I kept hoping that things would get better. In particular I’ve had a few health issues that knocked me sideways for many months. At…
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All Senses Engaged
For Christmas 2023 I treated myself to three books. The first, you won’t be surprised to hear, was a wonderful book about contemporary collage artists. The other two books were about perfume and clothes. Personally, I don’t find these strange bedfellows. One reason I will always be an analogue rather than a digital collagist is…
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Coming to Terms
I was in two minds about whether or not to renew my WordPress subscription for another year as I’ve been so inactive this year, due to various ongoing health issues. In the end I decided to renew: my subscription package isn’t expensive, and I hope that knowing I have the blog might encourage me to…
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A Room of One’s Own
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” (Virginia Woolf) Right? Well, not necessarily. My writing days are over, but when I did consider myself primarily a writer I did my best work when I didn’t have a room of my own. When, in fact, I…
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My End of Year Review
It seems wrong to list my 2023 successes when it seems like the world is going to hell in a handcart, but for me, as I suspect it is for many people, art – making art, consuming art, reading about art – provides an oasis of calm, a space to reflect, an escape from the…
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Selling Art on Etsy
I recently made my 100th sale on Etsy, which feels like a good time to reflect on my experiences as an Etsy seller and share some tips for anyone considering setting up their own shop. My first collage zine I made my first Etsy sale back in July 2021, when I revived an Etsy shop…
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Checking In
It’s been a while since I posted here – not through lack of interest, just simple lack of time. I meant to get so much done in 2023, but the year is running away with me. I do have a tendency to try to juggle multiple projects at the same time (maybe I worry that…
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