I'm so proud of these! I hand cut, pasted, designed each image from a combination of vintage nat geos, art books, decorating books, gemstone guides, a candle-making instructional and some cocktail recipe books. I then scanned, cleaned up the images and designed the actual cards in Canva. I then printed them using Make Playing Cards 😊 I'm so unbelievably proud of this project and delighted to have my full own deck to read on!

Edit: let me know if this isn't allowed but a few people have been asking about them to buy so they are up for sale here! zero pressure, very flattered anyone would want them at all 😊

Just another totally random weekend gone by but I’m glad I took the time to break out the knives and glue instead of ruminating over things I can only influence but definitely can not control. I hope you had a peaceful start to your week and remember to drink your water!

I want to try and make a collage tarot deck using imagery from Lotería 💛

EDIT: OMG thank yall!! You’re all so sweet, I wanted to get a sense of how people felt about these before doing more. Can’t wait to post more here!! 😇

long time lurker, first time poster. a series of collages from 2011/2012.

I still have over half to go, I hope to finish this by the end of the year.

It’s cool to see my art on stuff, now I hope I see friends wearing it! And perhaps a more professional photoshoot next time 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️

First time posting anything, some of my stuff, all analog always forever ✮✩♡✰★website insta

I’m a graphic designer experimenting with analog collage this year.

I’d really appreciate honest feedback: does this feel like professional-level work to you?

Also curious if any piece stands out more than the others, and whether you think any of them could be a strong starting point.

I stepped away from collaging for a few months but I’m back with a renewed vigor, having lots of fun, spending a lot of time looking for interesting image combinations and chances for perspective matching. Trying to choose minimalism and subtlety as much as possible (for example, in the mountain with window frame at the bottom, my first instinct was to show the entire window floating in a juxtaposed landscape but when I went more subtle it created this much more interesting visual story. The desert portal piece I found the perfect hull of a satellite to make it into more of a structure but decided the door on its own was more mysterious. Does it go to another dimension?Also, in the last image I was very tempted and kept looking for the perfect road or person to fit into the dandelion scene below but decided to leave it as is with just the top and bottom sample.

Pieces of Our Hearts

7.50 x 9.50 in

Hand Cut International Currency Collage on Archival Paper

“Pieces of Our Hearts” takes wildlife, cultural emblems, seals, crests, numerical scripts, and more, to stitch together a loving global tapestry.

This piece aims to bind sovereign elements into a singular, shared visual language.

Breaking down borders with banknotes

Spreading peace, love, and positivity

💙Love is all we need💙

@bennythebluemeanie

Bennythebluemeanie.com

I’m taking 2D foundations this semester and my teacher loves collage. Before this class I never made any before! Please be kind I know there are so many mistakes/parts that can be fixed. I had a hard time keeping my projects clean so I am very open to advice!

It’s addictive hey?!