Another Project to Try: SoulCollaging

[pegkerr]

anam_cara told me about Soulcollaging, and I got so interested I ordered the book. This is another thing which could be really rewarding to do on the retreat. I'll need to assemble some of the materials to take with me.

Anyone know a source of used art cards (to cut up for collaging)? And where should I get the mat cards for the base? It looks as though they suggest cards made of mat cardboard, 5" x 8".

Any of you tried doing this?

Comments

[wildflower150.livejournal.com]

Scrapbooking stores will have what is called chip board in various sizes that can be cut into cards. Things can be glued to it and it is sturdy enough to be a book afterwards.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Use card stock from Kinko's for the bases. Or glue together a couple of 4 x 6 index cards. They're cheap but can be flimsy and are a nice size. I use shirt cardboard from the dry cleaners for collage backing; it's a little heavier but would have to be cut down for your project.

*Any* magazine is good for this sort of project. Freebies are best, like the glossies you can get at roadside rests with tourist info. We used those for Collage Art Therapy at Minicon one year; it worked great. Any magazines you have delivered, anything that sits around the office: use them. Ask your dentist for last month's magazines. "National Geographic" is especially good, as one would expect.

Look for graphic images in your junk mail, on packaging, and so on. "The Rake" magazine is graphically interesting and free. Magazine titles are not the important part, interesting graphics can pop up anywhere.

K. [the only thing I spend money on to make collages is the glue sticks or tape or whatever I use to stick them together]

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

Our library has a bin where people can drop off or pick up magazines, which is very convenient for collaging, I don't know if most libraries do the same.

You can get large sheets of mat board at Hobby Lobby (and similar stores that do custom framing), if you get it uncut, it usually comes in 30"x40" sheets for $4-8. I would think that cardstock would be easier though, even if not as sturdy.

[tizianaj.livejournal.com]

You can try a framing place to see if they have any matboard that they are no longer stocking, has been damaged, or has been cut to an odd size and thus not usable anymore. After all, they regularly cut the centre out of larger mat boards while framing pictures - many of those cut outs are too small to be of any real use to them, but they might be willing to sell you a few pieces for your projects.

[boldpurpletext.livejournal.com]

For craft projects, I save the cardboard backs of legal pads, message pads, and the like from work.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Oooh, good idea.

K.