{inspired by} sarah ogren

Hi there! Today I am apparently feeling inspired by mixed media & collages... it seems that every artist's portfolio I come across is either a collage or some kind of mixed media project. Maybe it's a sign...

Anyway, I am really loving Sarah Ogren's artwork today. I love the use of old newspapers and illustrations incorporated into the beauty of the work. Each one feels like a little chapter of a fairy tale. I hope you enjoy these as well!

In other news, I've been extremely tired all week. I think it's the mixed messages the weather has been giving me. I just can't wait for spring already!!! Hurry up!

-gabrielle.

hannah j conti

Hey, all... it's Katrina! I hope that you all have been doing famously.


I was on Facebook the other day and saw that I was sent a "like" page... I'm not too big into these kinds of pages, but when I realized that it was HJConti Designs (multiple links below) I was really excited! Behind these beautiful works are Hannah J Conti, a friend of mine from college (who collages... that was awesome). Her "paper and pixel" pieces are prettiful and I especially love her wishing bottles:



"These bottles are full of shells, sea glass, bead, or paper as the fancy strikes me. Each bottles features a little fairy. These bottles can hold your secret hopes, memories, and wishes. I have filled each one with some of my secrets... what are yours?" -HJC



I can't wait to see her line of collaged household products coming soon. Follow her work on Blogspot, Facebook, and Flickr.

eleanor wood

I'm really digging these awesome collages by Eleanor Wood.

They're so dreamy!

-g.

anita dominoni

Anita Dominoni is a Brazilian artist whose life-like pencil portraits are collaged with tons of textures and layers that remind me a lot of Dadaism in the 1920's. Nostalgic, yet modern.











-g.

inga the mystery artist

I found the picture of swans with mustaches on Tumblr, and researched this artist but I only was able to find that her name is Inga. Anyways, I have concluded that she is an awesome, unique and mysterious artist. Enjoy these photos of her work!

-g.

moleskin collage

I finally got to take advantage of the scanner at work (that emails your scans!!!) so here are the better quality pictures (better than photobooth at least) of my new moleskin. Horray!



Inside front cover... card catalog envelope.



I hope you like it :)

-g.

moley moley moley

Photobooth doesn't take great pictures but I was too excited to take a picture with a real camera, then upload it, etc. If you know me at all, then you know how amazingly fast I am with uploading pictures...

Anyway this is my finished moleskin cover. It's a collage made with a doily, lots of little magazine cutouts, a pressed flower, a page from some book and wrapping paper. After I was done collaging the hell out of it, I stamped some words over it. I think the words really help it to look unified because sometimes I can go overboard with collage. On the inside there's a library checkout envelope which I think looks pretty cool. (No picture yet)

Lets just say... I love Mod Podge.





I am debating about laminating it so nothing falls apart or gets ripped but I like the texture the Mod Podge gives... we will have to see how well it holds up.

-g.

mark lazenby

I guess today is a collage-inspired day. Mark Lazenby has been a collage artist for 15 years and has been published in popular magazines and newspapers all over the world. Of course I am partial because he uses a lot of anatomy, especially hearts, in his work. I love it.

















-g.

ventral

A really awesome collage artist who goes by Ventral. Influenced by Dadaism (which is one of my favorites.) I highly recommend checking out the website; there's so much content to look at and a lot of different artist books!

Enjoy these images for now... PTF later.




















-g.

charles clary

Hand cut paper and ink collages by Charles Clary. I'm just loving these designs... lots of depth and movement!

















-g.