I spent a couple of weeks by the sea on the Costa del Sol in Spain later in the year. Sometimes the weather was sunny and the sea calm, at other times we had wild weather and the sea reflected this,
Author: John Simpson
Fragments
Fragments The challenge with this little book was to use only small fragments of collage papers that I had left over from other projects and to produce something that felt relatively coherent even though every page is different. Here are just a few pages. MEDIUM: Painted, printed, stamped papers; old book pages, stained; bits of...
Reaching Upwards
Reaching Upwards This piece started off with a photo I took of a rough wall in a favourite café in Kuala Lumpur, which I recreated using various textured papers, paint, crackle paste and stencils. The photo of the boy on a chair comes from street art in Penang. SIZE: 35.5 x 45.5 cms on canvas...
Shadow Ladies
The first two pieces use transfers made on the gelli plate from magazine pages, then glued on to the canvas. They were then embellished with stencils and further collage pieces.
Being Here
This summer I took a course with Fibre Arts Takes Two - The Way of Wabi Sabi Collage with Donna Watson. Wabi Sabi encompasses the idea that nothing is perfect or permanent and how to find beauty in the ageing process, especially in Nature.