Collage Mania Weekly Preview
Karen Bettencourt
e onziéme étourneau (the eleventh starling)
UPDATES: Deadline for receipt of collage jpegs is April 1. The submission details are explained in the Call for Artists.
There will be a drawing (as a small thank-you for artists shipping their collages directly to patrons) among all artists whose collages are acquired during Collage Mania. This week’s highlighted thank-you is a BOLT of Mistyfuse donated by Iris Karp of Attached, Inc..
20″ x 100 yard bolt of Mistyfuse White. Retail Value $300
Attached, Inc. is a Promotion Partner this year for FFAC and has already made a substantial donation. Thank you, Iris!
On to the collages! The collage that opened this post is e onziéme étourneau (the eleventh starling) by Karen Bettencourt. Materials include old papers, acrylic paint, image transfer on canvas. The collage was created and mounted on 10″x8″ heavy watercolor paper, signed, dated and ready for framing.
Karen is co-curator, with Maxine Farkas, of Paste-up, a juried exhibition of small format collage to be presented at the Ayer Lofts Gallery in Lowell, Massachusetts. The deadline for submissions is March 15. For more information, visit Karen’s website here.
Bonnie Sabel
Tropical Orchid
Bonnie describes the unique construction of her collage, “This tropical-themed collage of 12 cotton fabrics began with an actual 4″ x 6″ quilted postcard The postcard is a collage of an orchid print, along with six other fabrics. The postcard is quilted with free-motion quilting and embellished with a bead and a flower charm.
The postcard was trimmed with a quarter-inch black grosgrain ribbon and set into a 4″ x 6″ opening in an 8″ x 10″ mat with backer board. The mat has been embellished with a black background cotton fabric and four green fabrics, along with a leaf ribbon. A half-inch border of the white mat remains around the perimeter. Mat is signed and dated by the artist and ready for framing.”
Bonnie’s collage is dedicated to her sister, Susan, a breast cancer survivor.
Bonnie is the author of Positively Postcards. Visit Bonnie’s website for more information.
Collage Mania is May 5 and 6 with 100% of the proceeds going directly to the American Cancer Society through Fiberart For A Cause. A preview of all collages opens April 28. Click here for more information.