Content, Color, and Collage
In this workshop we will go deeper into the art of collage with a specific methodology which hopes to seamlessly integrate mismatching pieces. One thing leads to another, and another, and so on until, eventually, a picture develops. Throughout the workshop participants will learn to appreciate the diversity in magazines—not only the subject matter, but the colors, textures, patterns, and symbols. Students will develop their own palette of clippings and then explore what content, or colors, or textures are working together from that selection, and start to develop something aesthetic from them. All it takes are a few synchronized pieces to go down the slippery slope of exploration and creation. After some time of adding fun elements or perhaps purposeful shading, and once you are committed to a layout, the delicate gluing and sealing process concludes the journey.
Students will need to bring
Bring your favorite pair of scissors, any spare magazines or scrap paper you’ve been hoarding, and an 11×14 to 12×18 piece of poster board or foam board to act as a foundation for your collage piece.
Artist Biography
A native Oregonian, Andrew Crossley moved to Wheeler two years ago with his wife and cats. They immediately felt at home on the North Oregon Coast, because all their favorite activities are now in their ““backyard”— crabbing, clamming, foraging, and golfing. Andrew ended up pursuing a path in communication, but his enthusiasm for the arts followed him. It wasn’t until more recently that he identified his preferred mode of expression: collage.
