A quick exercise in making a collage.

The object for today is to make up some collages and to send the best 3 over to the University. We were shown a few examples from some artists and the tutor showed his examples he made. The time limit to do this was just over 1 hour so I had to be quick.

 Due to time restrains, I had little time to think so I ended up with grabbing a couple of magazines and immediately set out to do my task. The photo above is the first one that I came up with. This collage I came up with without thinking. It just seemed to flow as I was making the collage. 

For the second collage, I used a theme of mixing animal photographs with staged portraits. This was an attempt to make a statement between our relationship with humans and the animals around us and our common bond. On this one I was attempting to make the point that all subjects can be staged for the viewer. It muddles the line between what is natural and what is choreographed.

For the last collage, I attempted to make it around a statement. It was something to fit with the words that I cut out (the other two I came up with the words last) and this is the result of the experiment. I was just seeing if it is possible to come up with a statement first and then to work around that statement.

Overall, I found this one more difficult a task to do than the light and shadow exercise. The last time I had make any collages was with my children when they were young and I was out of practice. This one taught me to think fast on a task that I was unfamiliar with and to come up with a result that was pleasing for the viewer.