“Three Cherries” Complete

My magazine paper collage, Three Cherries, is now complete and I’m very happy with it!

Three Cherries

I love the texture that the text of the pages adds.

Cool, right?

This technique is super easy: spread/paint matte medium on your surface, add a little bit of torn paper, and smooth on another layer of medium. The only tricky part is the little tiny details. Of course, I should have thought of that when I decided to tackle this subject at this scale (16 x 20.)

Which brings me to the pros and cons of glued magazine pages vs. stitched fabric pieces. Magazine pages are super cheap and the medium is quite inexpensive, too. However, if I wanted to do this image again (and I don’t,) I’d make it out of fabric at a much larger scale.  More like this piece, Vine Ripened, which is 28 x 40. Much more manageable. (But the materials cost a lot more!)

Vine Ripened

The bottom line is that both techniques are fun and effective. Try your hand at the one which appeals to you.

Both Three Cherries and Vine Ripened are available for purchase.

Ellen Lindner
P.S. I also use torn paper collages to help me abstract things sometimes. Because I’m tearing paper for a small scale composition I have to leave out details. See more.
P.P.S. See some detail shots of Vine Ripened.