Jen McCleary Art and Design » collage http://jenmccleary.com Fri, 25 May 2012 01:53:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Large collage (Evolution) http://jenmccleary.com/2012/04/large-collage-evolution/ http://jenmccleary.com/2012/04/large-collage-evolution/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:11:27 +0000 Jen http://jenmccleary.com/?p=15659 Some more work on an 18×24 collage. I think this one is tentatively titled “Evolution.”

And a shot from a month ago. There were a few in between stages that I didn’t get photos of.

 

]]> http://jenmccleary.com/2012/04/large-collage-evolution/feed/ 0 Collage- Bird, Lace, Spine http://jenmccleary.com/2012/03/collage-bird-lace-spine/ http://jenmccleary.com/2012/03/collage-bird-lace-spine/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:25:26 +0000 Jen http://jenmccleary.com/?p=15550 A new collage in progress. The background is an old silkscreen print (photo-process of a piece of lace) I made way back in my art school printmaking days. I found a huge stack of half-completed prints in my parents’ basement, along with a ton of crappy charcoal figure drawings and mediocre oil paintings. I photographed nearly everything, and then threw out most of it. I saved a lot of the prints though because the paper was so nice and I figured I could use it for collage or drawings someday. I must have spent a small fortune on printmaking paper before I figured out I was a lousy printmaker.

]]> http://jenmccleary.com/2012/03/collage-bird-lace-spine/feed/ 0 collage in progress http://jenmccleary.com/2012/03/collage-in-progress/ http://jenmccleary.com/2012/03/collage-in-progress/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:57:26 +0000 Jen http://jenmccleary.com/?p=15487 18×24

]]> http://jenmccleary.com/2012/03/collage-in-progress/feed/ 0 24×18 day two http://jenmccleary.com/2012/02/24x18-day-two/ http://jenmccleary.com/2012/02/24x18-day-two/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:52:22 +0000 Jen http://jenmccleary.com/?p=15307 Not quite done yet.

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]]> http://jenmccleary.com/2012/02/24x18/feed/ 1 Sketchbook Project! http://jenmccleary.com/2012/01/sketchbook-project/ http://jenmccleary.com/2012/01/sketchbook-project/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:42:23 +0000 Jen http://jenmccleary.com/?p=15239 Today I sent off my contribution to Sketchbook Project 2012!  This little book will be part of the Brooklyn Art Library and go on a world tour, along with books contributed by thousands of other artists. The project had a number of themes to choose from- I chose “Time Travelers” which ended up being more of a loose framework than anything particularly structured (big surprise!) You can see images and follow and favorite my book at my Art House Co-op profile page!

This project was a lot of fun for me. Honestly I’ve been feeling a bit burned out on making stuff with the intent of selling it, because I think that intent does influence my process, not always for the best. But it’s also sort of depressing just making stuff and assuming nobody else will ever see it. So it was awesome to make something that is not ever going to be for sale but also knowing that it will be going somewhere where people can see it!

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