For the full viewing experience, one can never get too close to a collage, but this opinion from a person so enamored with the miniature probably comes as no surprise. When I create a larger piece, lessons learned from the small format have a strong bearing on my approach. As a concluding exercise to hone compositional awareness, it is beneficial to discover croppings that can stand successfully on their own. Before Mystery Solved left the studio, it was interesting to visually isolate six square miniatures, just to see if they might capture in microcosm the essence of the parent design.
A ‘Jack of Diamonds’ was too visually outstanding
at first and had to be massaged into balance.
I enjoy creating a montage of linguistic symbols,
but “a-l-e” was accidental (or perhaps subliminal;
one never really knows with collage).
Integration through color: photo of butterfly
specimen + ticket stub + magazine scrap.
Juxtaposition: illustration from an exotic soap
wrapper + book engraving + photo of flower.
The interesting effect of a raised panel: the
illusion of depth versus actual dimensionality.
From diverse sources: combining ingredients
that seem to have always belonged together.
Thanks again for looking. Please share your thoughts, suggestions, or constructive criticism (frankly, our medium of collage always needs a healthy dose of it).