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CoMIXED-agMEDIA

LL E

An Exploration

of Contemporary

Artists, Methods,

and Materials

HOLLY HARRISON

CoMIXED-agMEDIA

LL E

CoMIXED-agMEDIA

LL E

An Exploration

of Contemporary Artists,

Methods, and Materials

H O L LY H A R R I S O N

© 2007 by Quarry Books

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the copyright owners.

All images in this book have been reproduced with the knowledge and prior consent of the artists concerned, and no responsibility is accepted by the producer, publisher, or printer for any infringement of copyright or otherwise, arising from the contents of this publication. Every effort has been made to ensure that credits accurately comply with information supplied. We apologize for any inaccuracies that may have occurred and will resolve inaccurate or missing information in a subsequent reprinting of the book.

First published in the United States of America by Quarry Books, a member of

Quayside Publishing Group 100 Cummings Center Suite 406-L

Beverly, Massachusetts 01915-6101 Telephone: (978) 282-9590

Fax: (978) 283-2742 www.quarrybooks.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 

Harrison, Holly.

 

Mixed-media collage : an exploration of contemporary artists, methods, and materials /

 

Holly Harrison.

 

p. cm.

 

ISBN 1-59253-316-7 (pbk.)

 

1. Collage. 2. Artists—United States. I. Title.

 

TT910.H358 2007

 

702.81’2—dc22

2007004531

 

CIP

ISBN-13: 978-1-59253-316-9

ISBN-10: 1-59253-316-7

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Design: Dawn DeVries Sokol

Printed in Singapore

To my mother, CHRISTA HARRISON,

who can make something out of nothing better than anyone I know

and to my daughter, MIRA, whose mixed-media explorations inspire me every day.

CONTENTS

Introduction........................................................................................

8

Collage Basics ..................................................................................

10

SECTION I

 

Profiles: An In-Depth Look at the Work of Five Contemporary

 

Mixed-Media Artists ......................................................

12

CHAPTER 1: Engineering Art with Laurinda Bedingfield ..........

14

CHAPTER 2: Creating Faux Encaustics

 

with Barbara De Pirro ............................................

26

CHAPTER 3: Exploring the Image–Word Connection

 

with Paula Grasdal ..................................................

38

CHAPTER 4: Celebrating the Natural World

 

with Sharon McCartney..........................................

50

CHAPTER 5: At Play with Teesha Moore ....................................

62

Top to bottom: Laurinda Bedingfield, page 14; Paula Grasdal, page 38; Sharon McCartney, page 50; Teesha Moore, page 62

Top to bottom: Tracy Spadafora, page 110; Keith Maddy, page 104; Dorit Elisha, page 84; Anne Lewis, page 100

SECTION II

 

Gallery: A Sweeping Look at Work by Twenty Contemporary

 

Mixed-Media Artists ......................................................

74

FEATURE: Collage as a Writing Tool

 

Brainstorming with Scissors and Glue

 

by Jennifer Crusie..........................................................

78

Why I Never Graduated Collage

 

by Alisa Kwitney............................................................

81

FEATURE: Artists and the Internet

 

How the Internet is changing the lives

 

of contemporary artists ..............................................

120

Appendixes:

 

Photo-Transfer Techniques ..........................................................

122

Encaustic Collage ..........................................................................

123

Product Resource Guide ................................................................

124

Artist Directory ..............................................................................

126

About the Author............................................................................

127

Acknowledgments ..........................................................................

128

INTRODUCTION

When I first started thinking about writing another book on collage, I knew there would be some changes. For starters, my Collage for the Soul collaborator, Paula Grasdal, had moved back to Canada, making the easy, day-to-day collaboration of that first volume an impossibility. I also didn’t want to repeat a thematic, more project-based approach because I had already done it. But more than that, I was interested in going deeper: showing more work per artist and letting their style and techniques drive the book’s content. I wanted to look more deeply at the artistic process, delving into not only what inspires different people to create but how that initial spark turns into fully realized artistic expression. And I wanted to find a way to comprehensively share techniques without undermining the ineffable nature of what makes a creation art. I felt readers would be most interested in learning new forms and adapting them to their own original content, style, and favorite materials. Finally, I wanted to work with new artists, but I also couldn’t resist bringing in some familiar voices from previous books.

What developed was a two-part approach. In the first part of the book, I present in-depth profiles of five accomplished and inspiring artists. I sought out people working in different media, some of whom I already knew and others whom I got to know during

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the writing process. The profiles include several pages of artwork with accompanying texts that explore how the artists were inspired to create them. They also include a photo-driven technical section in which each artist breaks down their approach into steps that detail their techniques and explain how they use the materials. I was able to interview the artists, inviting them to share their thoughts on creativity, favorite materials, their personal artistic histories, and their advice to people starting to explore mixed media.

The second part of the book is a gallery that features the work of twenty artists working in a wide range of styles with diverse materials and approaches. Again, the text visits the idea of how inspiration leads to creation while at the same time providing a sense of the process and a handy list of materials. The gallery texts are meant to be a guide rather than a step by step, and readers are encouraged to adapt the ideas and techniques described and make them their own. Most of all, both parts of the book are meant not only to explore inspiration and creativity but to incite it, to encourage readers to browse the pages

in search of ideas, techniques, and images that will invite them to set aside the book, roll up their sleeves, and start making art.

—Holly Harrison

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