infographic - design and composition

Not long ago I was asked to do a collage workshop by our local council for a group of educators.

The prep resulted in another day playing with infographics. They are such a good tool for succinctly imparting information!

This infographic is just a snippet of what I have come to understand about design and composition. It is a dip of the toe into the subject, even so, I do hope this is a handy reference to print out for the notice board!

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at home artist residency

at home artist residency

Pushing collages from small to large format, using a three month “at home artist residency”. This project ran from August to October 2022 culminating in an exhibition in November 2022. It became bigger than Ben Hur and I definately bit off more thank I could chew. It was so worthwhile though.

Through all the planning and making and failures I even had some successes. I learned so much and will be using this way of working to provide structure around future projects.

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pre covid

Selection paintings, mixed media and other stuff made pre-2020. Not a project - just the lead up to what I do now…

I went from spinning, crocheting and dabbling in fibre arts to painting and mixed media. Practicing and collecting art supplies led to a frustration with the expense of materials and an increasing dissonance with growing environmental concerns, until I decided to focus on collage. Collage is an art-making process that suits me perfectly. I'm embracing the creative constraints of working exclusively with found papers and being intentional about how I consume materials.

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