Spring Collage
This is the first collage I have made. I don’t know why it took me so long to make a collage, but it was worth the wait. I had wanted to make one for quite some time, but never took the time to do it. That is, until I had to make one in a design class I was taking last spring. I wanted to use tools, gears and gadgets and then paint them with acrylic paint to make it more cohesive. Some of the items I used are things that were in my grandpa’s shop. My papa would would spent hours in his shop designing, creating and building inventions. He was an inventor and a great one too. He just lacked the finances to patent his inventions. Other items that I used in this collage are gears my brother gave me and miscellaneous tools and things that I found around my house or in my hubby’s tool box. The fun part was laying out the pattern or design and then glueing the pieces onto the painted canvas. When, I first imagined the collage I wanted it to look like a cross between steampunk and a bright impressionist spring scene. I think that the end result is the perfect combination of the two.
