Creative Collage Techniques Book

	Preface	IX
Part 1	About Collage
	Introduction	1
Project 1.	A Treasure Hunt for Collage Materials	4
Project 2.	Making Rubbings for Collage	6
Chapter 1	The Origins of Collage	7
Project 3.	A Matisse Collage of Your Own	11
Part 2	Collage Process
Chapter 2	Getting Started	15
Project 4.	Creating a Magazine Theme Collage	16
Project 5.	Creating a Found Papers Collage	18
Project 6.	Working With Printed Words	19
Chapter 3	Getting Serious About Collage	21
Project 7.	Encasing Papers in Medium	27
Project 8.	Creating a Transfer Film	28
Chapter 4	Landscapes and Portraits	29
Project 9.	Using Newspapers in a Landscape Collage	31
Project 10.	Creating Form With Magazine Clippings	32
Project 11.	Making a Portrait Collage	33
Demonstration 1	Combining Basic Collage Processes	34
Part 3	Collage Design
Chapter 5	Design and Color	37
Project 12.	Making Design Charts	42
Project 13.	Monochromatic Collage	45
Project 14.	Weaving Colored Papers	46
Chapter 6	Using Ready-Made Papers	47
Project 15.	Rice Paper Collage	49
Project 16.	Creating a Torn Paper Organic Design	51
Project 17.	Making a Collage Mosaic	52
Chapter 7	Designing Collage Abstractions	53
Project 18.	Geometric Abstraction With Cut Paper	55
Project 19.	Organic Abstraction With Cut Paper	56
Project 20.	Combining Cut and Torn Papers	57
Demonstration 2	Designing With Ready-Made Papers	58
Part 4	Mixed Media Collage
Chapter 8	More Techniques and Materials	61
Project 21.	Paper Collage With Colored Pencil	63
Project 22.	Autobiographical Collage	64
Project 23.	Using Photographs in Collage	65
Project 24.	Using Antique Photos	67
Chapter 9	Watercolors With Collage	69
Project 25.	Watercolor With Collage	70
Project 26.	Watercolor on Rice Paper Collage	72
Project 27.	Rice Paper Overlay	74
Chapter 10	Acrylic Paints With Collage	75
Project 28.	Acrylic Applique	77
Project 29.	Textural Effects in Acrylic	78
Project 30.	Creating a Monotype	80
Demonstration 3	Collage With Mixed Media	82
Part 5	Making Collage Supports
Chapter 11	Texturing Supports	85
Project 31.	Creating Distressed Paper Supports	87
Project 32.	Texturing Supports With Mediums	88
Project 33.	Creating a Layered Support	89
Chapter 12	More Textured Supports	91
Project 34.	Making Sand-Textured Supports	92
Project 35.	Using Wood Shavings or Chips	93
Project 36.	Applying Fibers to a Textured Support	95
Demonstration 4	Working With Textured Supports	96
Part 6	Making Collage Papers
Chapter 13	Customized Collage Papers	99
Project 37.	Making Brayer Papers With Gesso	100
Project 38.	Painting Your Brayer Papers	101
Project 39.	Making Crystalline Paper	102
Project 40.	Creating a Crystalline Free-Form	104
Project 41.	Encasing Materials in Rice Paper	106
Chapter 14	Marbled and Handmade Papers	108
Project 42.	Marbling Papers for Collage	110
Project 43.	Embossing Paper for Collage	113
Project 44.	Making Cast Paper for Collage	115
Project 45.	Making Handmade Paper for Collage	116
Demonstration 5	Using Customized Papers in Collage	118
Part 7	The Finishing Touches
Chapter 15	So What Else Is New?	121
Project 46.	Creating an Environmental Collage	122
Project 47.	Other Possibilities With Collage	124
	Conclusion	129
	Appendix	130
	Selected Bibliography	132
	Index	133