You might not consider yourself a particularly "creative" person, but trust me—there's no wrong way to collage.
You might not consider yourself a particularly "creative" person, but trust me—there's no wrong way to collage.
Artist Maggie Ramirez Burns creates collage art that rides the fine line between order and chaos.
Using the scissors as her paintbrush, Rocío Fernández Fuks engages in paper collage making of storybook scenes. Her latest series is called Forest & Ocean, and it depicts three places—two treehouses and a meeting underwater.
In April of 2018, illustrator Dawn M. Cardona embarked on the ambitious endeavor known as the 100 Day Project. For over three months, she pledged to create a different paper square each day and completed it on July 22, 2018. She ended up…
Illustrator Eric Carle was one of my earliest memories of illustrated books. You know his work—he’s the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other titles. I especially loved his technical approach. His collage illustrations are rich in color and texture. It’s…
Elisa Carareto creates collage illustrations that remind me of jigsaw puzzles. Specializing in bold, quirky characters, she pieces together different colors, textures, and papers until the forms find their natural “fit”. The blocky figures are then refined with her drawing and…
Cut paper art has been described as “drawing with scissors,” and it’s an apt description of the collages by Rocío Fernández Fuks. In her series Go on Paper, she illustrates the many ways in which we trek through the world. (My favorites…