Resources for Collage/ Visual Journaling

Books on Collage:

• Collage Sourcebook: exploring the art and techniques of collage (Quarry Books)
• Soul Collage: an intuitive collage process for individuals and groups (Seena Frost)
• Collage for the Soul: expressing hopes and dreams through art (Holly Harrison & Paula Grasdal)
• Collage Art (Jennifer Atkinson)
• Collage Creations (Kim Ballar, Barbara Mattiessen, Tracia Williams

Books on Visual Journaling:

• Drawing from Life: the journal as art (Jennifer New)
• Visual Journaling: going deeper than words (Barbara Ganim)
• The Creative Journal: the art of finding yourself
• A Life in Hand: creating the illuminated journal (Hannah Hinchman)
• The Decorated Page (Gwen Diehm)
• Art Journals and Sketchbooks (Lynn Perella)

Materials:

• dryer sheets, shoe polish, Gesso, masking tape, packing strip tape, beeswax, plaster, "Modge Podge", acrylic paints, threads, ephemera (little bits of odds n edds filling up your drawers at home! Orphaned earrings, beads, chains...tickets, postage stamps), natural materials (ie., leaves, tree bark, flower petals), onion skins.

Backing:

• Recycle books (children's board books are great, too!), paintings on canvas (cover them with Gesso, etc. and paint), CDs, wooden boxes, etc.

Renewing Your Soul with Collage

How often have you felt an urge for self-expression...a story waiting to be written...a picture yearning to be painted? How often have you been intimidated by the blank page? The glorious experience of intuitively selecting images from magazines or even your own photo collection and creating a collage with them can be so freeing...and surprisingly insightful! Come share in this hands-on creative time and leave feeling rejuvenated after untapping your expressive self.