Chicory collages
Chicory 2
The Chicory collages are finished and submitted for distribution in a private swap. I always make a few extra in any exchange so there is no pressure to send them all.
The background is acrylic paint on watercolor paper with Caran d’Ache artist crayons. I wrote over the entire background with information about chicory which blooms with mad abandon along the roadsides here. An odd fact about chicory is that its blooms open and close regularly each morning and evening, even when cut for a flower arrangement.
The collage was made by first layering a small strip of contrasting painted paper over the background. I Photoshopped my own photo of a chicory flower, printed it on Lesley Riley’s TAP, and then ironed it to light blue painted fabric and adhered the fabric to the collage with Misty Fuse. The collage is 7×5″ mounted to 10×8″ on heavy watercolor paper.
I like having mixed-media collage as a nice contrast to my more “think-y” textile artwork.
