collage transparency

my latest collage. vintage woman walking down downtown Portage Avenue 1947.

wedding bliss

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I started this collage with the silhouette of the young girl it was a black and white image.. I coloured the image in photoshop and printed it and then rescanned it into a larger format picture..

I then added the flowers and the background colour.

the wedding silhouette is just a line drawing superimposed over the collage.

superimposing photographs onto collaged backgrounds.

the original mage is of my native brothers.

as I like to call them. 

I have been working this image for years. 

it is from an old photograph in the national archives

I scanned the photo and then made it into a photocopy.

the image of the primitive hunter gatherers are superimposed on top of that image. 

I make this all into a high contrast flat image and then scanned it again into photoshop.

the first layer is of a page from a vintage palmistry pamphlet.

the photocopy is transferred onto to the first layer using gel medium.

Vancouver Olympics 2010 Inukshuck Whiterock B.C

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/04/26/Olympiclogo0426.html  While walking on the beach December 25 we discovered this whimsical Inukshuck placed upon the shoreline. This Inuit symbol has become the mascot of the Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver B.C.

I believe their is some controversy surrounding these ancient and spiritual symbols being exploited by commercialism.

 I think these have become the happy face of this generation and I see the image everywhere and on everything. 

I am not sure how I feel about the controversy. 

I like the image and what it stands for "The People Were Here"

Alligator suitcases

MVC-028S
Originally uploaded by marymaxsmother

Don't you love these suitcases.
I still have the original Louis Vuitton for sale.
I also have a few of the suitcases and the lap desks.

My Favourite City

the kinds of thing I am searching for for the new shop.

a nifty picture from the world's greatest industrial store

Tokyo Plant Pots 192 東京植木鉢

Tokyo Plant Pots 192 東京植木鉢
Originally uploaded by TsuyaTsuya Nemury

they have very small yards in Tokyo so people plant in pots and put them all around their houses.
click ont he picture for Tsuya photo stream.

I AM DREAMING OF A GARDEN STORE IT WILL BE A GARDEN PARTY!

The Oasis

Sheryl Caroline boxing Day Whiterock B.C

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Originally uploaded by marymaxsmother

waiting for fish and chips on the boardwalk in whitrock yesterday

vintage specimen jar and illustrations

vintage specimen jar and illustrations
Originally uploaded by marymaxsmother

this is an illustration from an interesting anatomy book.
I covered the whole illustration in beeswax and then adhered the illustration to mylar paper.
I cut around the illustration and put it in this specimen jar to look like something from a lab.
the piece measure's just over 8 inches in height.
you can find these jars on eBay and you can download medical illustrations straight from the web.

interesting collages and altered art for inspiration!

I am putting to together packets of wonderful post cards and vintage advertising, palm reading charts old tarot cards sheet music, photographs, stamps., old type, clip art, and stencils.
they will be available at i candy vintage 453 Rathgar Ave.
i will post some links to my favorite collage artist and altered art links for inspiration.