This week we are making "Fancy Fish" collages. The photos are from the first day teaching the project, and many of the later pieces have tighter compositions and richer contrasts. Later in the week the less obvious background fabrics yielded more intriguing compositions.
Every piece is a celebration of the contributions of materials by friends, family, and business. The backgrounds are upholstery fabric samples from an architect. The fish shapes are cut from gorgeous Indian saris that had seen better days. The blue sponge/foam rectangles are from a Raytheon WASTE giveaway. The trims are from the Bridge Club Ladies, and friends of my Dad's. The seashells are from someone's vacation at the beach. The graduation tassels are from another art teacher afflicted by the amassing virus!
The glue is SOBO, shaken not stirred. We are talking about big ideas vs. tiny details, planning, and gluing techniques to avoid seriously sticky fingers.
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