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Paper Trumpets #15: Puffy Has Something
The images and text on this collage are from an old Christmas book called Baby’s First Christmas, a short picture book published in 1983. I took the story text (about 100 words) and re-arranged it into a sort of dada…
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Paper Trumpets #14: Shadow Made of Water
Sometimes I don’t realize I’m doing something clever until later.
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Paper Trumpets #13: Land of Plenty
Most turkeys, even uncooked ones, cannot fly very well. This must be a magical floating turkey.
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Paper Trumpets #11: Let’s Bounce
I love it when there are sports images in collages, especially older photos. There’s a reason why throwback uniforms are so popular.
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Paper Trumpets #10: Mummy Cream
Happy Halloween season! I’ve been collaging with scary monster images lately.
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Paper Trumpets #9: The Boy and the Kangaroo
The latest installment of Paper Trumpets feature two collages stemming from one LIFE Magazine image.
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Paper Trumpets #8: Perfect Ghost
I love how paper from that century—or anything over 100 years old—ages and changes color around the edges.
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Paper Trumpets #5: Mudman vs. Sweaters
…I suspect that this particular Mudman would win this battle against these thin, preppy hipsters (or maybe they’re young Republicans).
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Paper Trumpets #3: Try Telling the Lady
I almost ran this collage last week but thought it might’ve been early to spring nudity on you. Since this is the third installment of Paper Trumpets (our third date!), I decided that now is the time. I hope you…
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Paper Trumpets #2: Little Martyr Big Victory
I like combining joyful images with something dangerous or mysterious (I’m not sure about the reptile tail but I like how it adds a balance to it all).
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Paper Trumpets #1: Strange Horizon
Paper Trumpets is a venue for me to share my own developing work and also to share my enthusiasm for the process of the art form and the growing community of awesome collagists out there all over the world.
