Surprise Collage

5/13/2023

I'm celebrating
World Collage Day
Saturday, May 13th, 2023
with a FREE mini Surprise Collage Class

*** (scroll down for the link to watch the recording of this class on my YouTube channel) ***

World Collage Day, initiated by Kolaj Magazine in 2018, is an annual international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. Artists and art venues are invited to hold events on that day to celebrate the art of collage. World collage day is about artists connecting across borders and about sharing an art medium that excels at bringing different things together to create new forms and new ways of thinking.

Let's celebrate World Collage Day by creating a surprise collage!

We'll start by making a collage on a half sheet of paper by tearing or cutting the collage papers into smaller pieces and then glueing away.
The best part is - you can't make a mistake! The surprise comes when we take that one collage and see how beautifully and easily it turns into eight mini collages. While we are waiting for our collages to dry I'll give you some ideas for how you can use these mini collages. At the end I'll share a little about the Mailscape Collage Workshop that I have coming up in June 2023.

Got your glue stick ready?

Have a look at the short supply list below and start gathering your collage papers.

Supply List:

5.5 inch x 8.5 inch piece of card stock (white or any light color is fine) or inexpensive watercolor paper
pencil
ruler
glue stick
scissors
collage papers - I suggest keeping it to about 2-3 colors in a mix of light, medium and dark. (can be book pages, painted papers, tissue paper, wrapping paper, security envelope patterns, scrapbook paper, washi tape, sheet music, etc.)
old catalog or scrap papers to glue on to keep your work surface free of glue.