I have an art workshop coming up on Saturday 17th of February 10.00am to 12.30pm. Everything will be supplied for you to make a freestanding character or wall art character or if you would prefer, to make a block assemblage instead. It is a very small class so can only take one or two people for this one. We will discuss selection of images from books, what works and what does not. We will talk about the application of glue and how to hang your work and even more importantly how to edit your work. I will supply you with books for images, paper, card, different types of glue and how to select and use the most appropriate one. We will discuss balance. So all in all you will be getting a workshop in making collage that will be extended in a slightly more sculptural way. Contact me on the contact page via email annewarrenart@gmail.com.
The exhibition in five little window pods will continue until the 20th December. Please contact us for more information regarding availability, purchase and pick up or delivery of your artwork before Christmas. We will have a QR code for scanning which will have more information for you.
Should you wish for your artwork to be delivered locally, that can be arranged as well.
My Character cutouts are paper collage, stiffened with more paper and layers of glue. The work is durable, it is glazed on the front and I have added either one or two wood blocks on the back to make the piece standout 3D style from the wall. I will supply blue tack which is the best way to place them on the wall for that surprising quirky look that I like so much.
The Block assemblages are found pieces from op shops, garage sales and a good rummage in my old bits and pieces from the past, all assembled and placed on a wooden board with a hanger on the back that will sit on a simple drawing pin. Many of the quirky items I have used have come from the Darebin Hard Rubbish Heros in 2023 (they even held some aside just for me). Occasionally I will add something current like the black and white cat see above from an asian vending machine but generally they are used and in many cases unwanted pieces.
I hope you get a chance to see the exhibition and maybe take a friend with you. I’d love to hear what you think.
Thanks everyone.
PS Cetta has selected small scale work which is also lots of fun and quirky using her amazing marble mosaic and her metal work.
On Friday 22nd I will advise on what we have done to start our collage group in Fairfield Instagram: #melbournecollagemeets. We have been established for a year now and still loving it so very much. The art, the laughter, the community is all so wonderful.
I will talk at the DHRH at 2-3.30pm Separation Street, Northcote. It is across the road from Santa Maria College and in the Northcote plaza car park.
We will make a small fun collage at the end of a short talk. I’ll bring everything along however any books with people or birds/animals are welcome. I would love to get some more groups going in different suburbs. No fees, just support the coffee shop you meet at by buying a coffee and cake or lunch.
Although I do teach collage from my home studio the above suggestion is not for teaching, it is reaching out to creatives of any medium to make a small easy and clean and portable piece for fun.
Our group MCM has also successfully had one fundraiser to raise funds to buy sensory toys for Olympic Village Primary School. You can also aim for something similar in your local area. Email me if you are interested.
MCM are a group of artists that started meeting after the covid bans were lifted. We meet fortnightly at a local cafe and make collage, socialise and we have even had a fundraiser for a selected nearby school. We absolutely love seeing each other and working together. We have just come up with future themes rather than last minute ideas. I’m going to give you a few if you would also like to participate here online.
June
Forest floor or forest animals
Text
July
A chair or seat reimagined
-Origami boxes or houses from found images (if anyone can help with a simple pattern please send me).
I just finished a fabulous exhibition at Meeniyan gallery in South Gippsland. I sold lots of wall assemblages and thought I should stop making these but I can’t help it, still making. I will post some new ones soon. They have changed into small free standing sculptures.
I will once again (maybe in Spring) be offering classes (all materials included) for either wall art or freestanding sculpture using found objects and collage.
Hope to hear from some of you. Why don’t you give one of the above themes to your child or your Grandmother or friend and get them to contribute too. I’ll post it for them.
Cat girl
