Playing with Colored Pieces of Paper
You can’t work with a bunch of pieces of colored paper without seeing some design possibilities!
As part of my online class with Jane Davies, I was arranging, and rearranging, and rearranging again a wide array of colors and shapes.
Our first assignment was to make a largish collage with multiple pieces. Mine missed the mark (although I had fun doing it.)
Along the way, I was seduced by all the colors and I just HAD to play with them outside the scope of the class exercises. I played with monochromatic greys. Look how nicely they set off soft colors. Could I use enough restraint to create with these colors in fabric? I’m not sure.
Then, I saw a photo of a red beet and a gold beet. So, I had to play with those colors a little. A little sharp, perhaps, but still something I may want to explore in the future.
Eventually, we got to make collages with just three pieces and I was swimming back in more comfortable waters. Quite a few of these were successful, but I know Jane will have us alter them in the next step. I’m very interested to see what we’ll do with them.
When was the last time you took a class that didn’t involve fabric? I think it’s a really good way to explore new ideas and I feel confident some of these will find their way into my fabric collages.
Ellen Lindner
