Lovely work! Thanks for the tips! I've started exploring the art of collage and am still learning. I still struggle with composition and finding pleasing arrangements of the elements and colors.
Great video with lots of good advice. I live in Australia where weather can be very humid and silverfish are a huge problem. Silverfish LOVE cellulose, so I tend not use wallpaper paste in the making of my books. You will know if your home harbours them if you find spines of books have mysteriously come adrift, or dust covers and pages appear to be torn - all have been victim to those tiny creatures nibbling away in darkened areas.
thanks for your reply. Heard about that silverfish love wallpaper. fortunarely we don‘t have that problem here. But will point this out in further videos. Thanks!
Thank you for this video! A lot of good information. I really want to try collage now. So good idea to start very small. Love to see your upcoming videos.🙏🙂
👍Thanks for sharing materials you use for advancing in collage. This is cool to know all the different glues & papers you could use for example. I Love your collage style. ❤🤩🤩 I’m a collage artist too. On my channel I go over how to get started with just an acid-free glue stick, free magazines, & scissors. ✂️ For the beginners out there don’t get overwhelmed by all the types of materials you could use, you probably have most of what you need to get started. Keep it simple & have fun exploring. ❤🎨
bob pollard of guided by voices brought me here! he makes some amazing collage. I just got home from the thrift store with a ton of a great imagery. Just need some paper and some glue now. Thanks for the video :D
Pleased u r doing this. I looked at your work a long while ago and was impressed and especially with how you lay out your design and link together your papers. I have painted for a while and have lately embarked on collage. I decided to do 365 collages this year! So your idea of small is perfect! I am ahead of the game with 15 at the moment. I am experiencing a lot of problems with wrinkles so please could you deal with this in your vids? I use a credit card matte medium liquitex. My materials range from lens tissue through to heavyish paper. Since i have painted on some of the finer stuff some of it is wrinkled even before i start. Is life too short to worry over much about wrinkles or does a true collager never have them!? Best R
thanks for your comment. 365 collages is a great thing to do. I did this years ago and learnt a lot about material, composition and color. I would try another adhesive to see if this avoids wrinkling or creates less wrinkles. I don‘t like it when magazine paper wrinkles but really like the wrinkle that tissue paper creates 😁 Over time you‘ll find the materials you like. Try out as much as you can! Over the next few weeks I will share some more info about collage 😉
I'm new to your channel this was helpful, do you have a tutorial on binding a book with seri silk this is what I'm wanting to learn because I don't sew.
Great video! I've always wanted to try collage, but one thing has kept me from pursuing it -- the fact that magazine print photos are not colorfast. They were never intended to be exposed to light for long periods of time. I suspect they'll probably fade very quickly if exposed to light in an artwork that's wall mounted. What are your thoughts about this issue and how can I get around it?
thank you! As I use a lot of matte gel medium the pieces are covered in a kind of plastic layer when it's dry. So I don't worry about the acid in vintage paper.
Just a heads up.. please, before you start tearing into old books and "vintage" thing verify what you have... make sure it isn't rare or one of a kind. Thanks (speaking as a Librarian and Archivist). Remember you can make color photo copies and photo copies of all these things.. Much of this old antique letters and books and even magazines are becoming rarer and rarer to find.... Just do a bit of research and again.. you can always make color photo copies for just a few cents!
I’m very curious about those cards you refer to. I’m not clear about the substrate. Were the cards ready-made or did you cut them to 4” square? Thank you.
Your collage art tips are enjoyed and much appreciated. When using CMC or wallpaper paste for collage glue, what ratio of water-to-powder do you use? Thanks!
thank you ❤ I don‘t have a special ratio of water-to-powder. I add powder to the water till I get the right consistency. Over time you get a feeling how much you powder you need 😉
I appreciate the reply. I've read where others have found the CMC powder stirring process a bit timely and tedious. I agree. It initially took me about 15 minutes for the powder to fully blend. Then I had an idea . . . on the second batch I used my kitchen immersion blender and it was a breeze - 30 seconds and done. I left the gel sit out overnight so the immersion process air bubbles would dissipate. Very easy and the result was a perfectly clear and blended CMC gel paste. I also found that a ration of 1 TBS of CMC to 1 cup of water was the right consistency for my papers. FYI: I purchased LINECO 'Pure Methyl Cellulose' (Amazon). Hope this helps.
I am sorry but I don't understand -this is supposed to be for beginners but when you take about glues, (ZMZ?? what is that?) you use technical terms I don't understand, I think there is an assumption of knowledge I don't know. I need to find a place to learn about collages from the kindergarden basics and beyond. This is already beyond ;-). I don't know what you mean by cards or mixed media paper, etc. I'm so frustrated.
When you're just starting out, the many options can be confusing. Maybe my Collage Art Beginner's Guide will help. Here is the link to the website: lydiarink.de/inspiration
thank you@@LydiaRinkArt, I just looked that inspiration course and it is beyond my financial capacity right now, especially with needing to buy art supplies. I am not an artist at all. There is also a group "exploring collage" but that is closed. The Inspriration sounds interesting even though I''ve never made a thing. I recently have experience a lot of sudden loss (of human beings who were friends) and I always look at Facebook Collages, but their are technically advanced.
Thank you for explanation about glue and I thought about Piñatas 🪅 and then I thought about Engrudo it's made with flour and water, some people use white glue in the mix, I was about making it a using it to finish making my Prompt Cards, I'll let you know how it goes 🙂
I really love your approach to collage and breaking it down to show how accessible it is for all creatives :) Thanks!
Thanks for explaining the different glues / adhesives.
Love the 2 collaged books✂️❤️
thank you 🌸
Thank you for explaining the glues and basics about collage. Very informative.
Lovely work! Thanks for the tips! I've started exploring the art of collage and am still learning. I still struggle with composition and finding pleasing arrangements of the elements and colors.
This was really helpful. Thank you.
Very Nice sharing ....😊😇🤗🙂☺😉😍😇🤗
Great video with lots of good advice. I live in Australia where weather can be very humid and silverfish are a huge problem. Silverfish LOVE cellulose, so I tend not use wallpaper paste in the making of my books.
You will know if your home harbours them if you find spines of books have mysteriously come adrift, or dust covers and pages appear to be torn - all have been victim to those tiny creatures nibbling away in darkened areas.
thanks for your reply. Heard about that silverfish love wallpaper. fortunarely we don‘t have that problem here. But will point this out in further videos. Thanks!
Very useful thanks a lot
Thank you. Lots of good ideas!
This helped so much bc I need to do it for homework
Beautiful Lydia! I love your channel. Greetings from Argentina 🙂
Danke, jetzt habe ich endlich den Durchblick. Auf Tapetenkleister wäre ich nie gekommen 👍🏻
Thank you so much..lots of incredible useful information
It really helps when trying to make those choices. 💙💙💜👍
Love your info on adhesives! I have yet to experiment with a glue stick but I'm excited to try it out.
Thank you for this video! A lot of good information. I really want to try collage now. So good idea to start very small. Love to see your upcoming videos.🙏🙂
Very good explanation. Also inspiring to start this hobby. Thank you very much.
Very inspirational ! I’ve been so overwhelmed trying to start. Thank you so much :)))
Your college is absolutely amazing! By far one the best I’ve seen on TH-cam. Thank you so much for sharing and for your insight. 💜
thank you so much! I really appreciate that! 🌸
Thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for comments about mediums and their properties :)
Excellent information thank you
Love these books and I have finished a few of my own. I love your compostitions, what's the trick there?
thank you ❤ no tricks 😁 only a lot of practice
This was so helpful
👍Thanks for sharing materials you use for advancing in collage. This is cool to know all the different glues & papers you could use for example. I Love your collage style. ❤🤩🤩
I’m a collage artist too. On my channel I go over how to get started with just an acid-free glue stick, free magazines, & scissors. ✂️
For the beginners out there don’t get overwhelmed by all the types of materials you could use, you probably have most of what you need to get started. Keep it simple & have fun exploring. ❤🎨
Thank you for sharing 😁😁😁
Thank you so much 💗
Thank you! This is so helpful and inspiring!
bob pollard of guided by voices brought me here! he makes some amazing collage. I just got home from the thrift store with a ton of a great imagery. Just need some paper and some glue now. Thanks for the video :D
your book of collage is really good too btw! loved it
Thank you! :)
Amazing
Pleased u r doing this. I looked at your work a long while ago and was impressed and especially with how you lay out your design and link together your papers. I have painted for a while and have lately embarked on collage. I decided to do 365 collages this year! So your idea of small is perfect! I am ahead of the game with 15 at the moment. I am experiencing a lot of problems with wrinkles so please could you deal with this in your vids? I use a credit card matte medium liquitex. My materials range from lens tissue through to heavyish paper. Since i have painted on some of the finer stuff some of it is wrinkled even before i start. Is life too short to worry over much about wrinkles or does a true collager never have them!? Best R
thanks for your comment.
365 collages is a great thing to do. I did this years ago and learnt a lot about material, composition and color.
I would try another adhesive to see if this avoids wrinkling or creates less wrinkles.
I don‘t like it when magazine paper wrinkles but really like the wrinkle that tissue paper creates 😁
Over time you‘ll find the materials you like. Try out as much as you can!
Over the next few weeks I will share some more info about collage 😉
@@LydiaRinkArt Thx Best R
I'm new to your channel this was helpful, do you have a tutorial on binding a book with seri silk this is what I'm wanting to learn because I don't sew.
Great video! I've always wanted to try collage, but one thing has kept me from pursuing it -- the fact that magazine print photos are not colorfast. They were never intended to be exposed to light for long periods of time. I suspect they'll probably fade very quickly if exposed to light in an artwork that's wall mounted. What are your thoughts about this issue and how can I get around it?
I love to create my own material 😉
What type of paper do you recommend to glue your collage on to?
i like collaging and scrapbooking i also like using journals to do it i like bible coloring journal bible and i like adult coloring
Very, very helpful video! I was wondering if you worry about the acid content in vintage papers? Not many people talk about that. Thank you.
thank you!
As I use a lot of matte gel medium the pieces are covered in a kind of plastic layer when it's dry. So I don't worry about the acid in vintage paper.
Thank you
Just a heads up.. please, before you start tearing into old books and "vintage" thing verify what you have... make sure it isn't rare or one of a kind. Thanks (speaking as a Librarian and Archivist). Remember you can make color photo copies and photo copies of all these things.. Much of this old antique letters and books and even magazines are becoming rarer and rarer to find.... Just do a bit of research and again.. you can always make color photo copies for just a few cents!
I’m very curious about those cards you refer to. I’m not clear about the substrate. Were the cards ready-made or did you cut them to 4” square? Thank you.
for those cards I used mixed media paper 200g/m2
Your collage art tips are enjoyed and much appreciated. When using CMC or wallpaper paste for collage glue, what ratio of water-to-powder do you use? Thanks!
thank you ❤ I don‘t have a special ratio of water-to-powder. I add powder to the water till I get the right consistency. Over time you get a feeling how much you powder you need 😉
I appreciate the reply. I've read where others have found the CMC powder stirring process a bit timely and tedious. I agree. It initially took me about 15 minutes for the powder to fully blend. Then I had an idea . . . on the second batch I used my kitchen immersion blender and it was a breeze - 30 seconds and done. I left the gel sit out overnight so the immersion process air bubbles would dissipate. Very easy and the result was a perfectly clear and blended CMC gel paste. I also found that a ration of 1 TBS of CMC to 1 cup of water was the right consistency for my papers. FYI: I purchased LINECO 'Pure Methyl Cellulose' (Amazon). Hope this helps.
@@canbe842 thank you!
@@LydiaRinkArt 👍
What is CMC and what type store is it sold in? Thanks.
It's more like you're advertising glues than explaining collage
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I am sorry but I don't understand -this is supposed to be for beginners but when you take about glues, (ZMZ?? what is that?) you use technical terms I don't understand, I think there is an assumption of knowledge I don't know. I need to find a place to learn about collages from the kindergarden basics and beyond. This is already beyond ;-). I don't know what you mean by cards or mixed media paper, etc. I'm so frustrated.
When you're just starting out, the many options can be confusing. Maybe my Collage Art Beginner's Guide will help. Here is the link to the website:
lydiarink.de/inspiration
thank you@@LydiaRinkArt, I just looked that inspiration course and it is beyond my financial capacity right now, especially with needing to buy art supplies. I am not an artist at all. There is also a group "exploring collage" but that is closed. The Inspriration sounds interesting even though I''ve never made a thing. I recently have experience a lot of sudden loss (of human beings who were friends) and I always look at Facebook Collages, but their are technically advanced.
@@debra13try MegJournals
th-cam.com/video/a_KoJZNT7YM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YU7RutoJ2iOgbr-r
@debra13 I'd be happy to offer you some tips for getting started with collage using magazines & gluesticks.
Thank you for explanation about glue and I thought about Piñatas 🪅 and then I thought about Engrudo it's made with flour and water, some people use white glue in the mix, I was about making it a using it to finish making my Prompt Cards, I'll let you know how it goes 🙂