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.