Post Your Collage

Well, I would've wanted to start this with some better collage, but this is what I have on me today. It's the Valentine I made for my bf. It's very simplistic, and filled with things about us, of course! I will post some more tomorrow...

http://www.modernevil.com/prettypistol/sm_valentine.jpg

[kyoppolife]

niiice. what a great valentine's.

Thanks!

[sugarboots]

a digital collage i just did for the flier of my upcoming art show
http://slowpencil.net/chako/notebook/archives/wowflyerfront.jpg

and

two of suit of 13 cards i did for a show with tonybricker:

http://slowpencil.net/chako/notebook/archives/legwarmers.jpg

and

http://slowpencil.net/chako/notebook/archives/cupcake.jpg

[sumtinsumtin]

dude, i wanna card!
those are dope.

and i totally dig tha collage coup, fun stuff.

:) More to come, whenever I remember to bring it all in to work to scan.

bootsy those cards are great! That cupcake girl is in bliss, non?

[sugarboots]

thanks guys! i have scanned all of the cards (They are all pretty different) but just haven't taken the time to upload them all! eek. i love making collage! but now i'm starting to move more into fibre work and ink drawings..i'm trying to do collage work for this show i've curated in may . . . but i'm feeling pretty discourage..aah stumped.

[stranger]

those look awsome boots, very purty..

[shammy718]

Originally posted by sugarboots
thanks guys! i have scanned all of the cards (They are all pretty different) but just haven't taken the time to upload them all! eek. i love making collage! but now i'm starting to move more into fibre work and ink drawings..i'm trying to do collage work for this show i've curated in may . . . but i'm feeling pretty discourage..aah stumped.

^fibre work can be awesome. i'm inspired by the works of anni albers ;)

[sugarboots]

i recently did these, but i'm not 100% happy widdem. hmmm....

it's watercolor, collage, and a wee bit o' sewing
http://slowpencil.net/chako/notebook/archives/ElefantGirl.jpg

this is wax staining, collage, watercolor, thread, and textured holes made with a needles
http://slowpencil.net/chako/notebook/archives/balloons.jpg

See, now I don't want to post any more of mine, b/c yours rock and mine suck. :)

[sugarboots]

oh please --- come on! yours are great and it's not a contest!
:)

Well, thank you, and I know. I just feel...tentative and embarrassed. I'm a dork, you know.

[sugarboots]

^ i completely understand - i pretty much always feel like that about my work - i hate that whole inferiority complex thing. just know that you're out there, doin your thing and that's what's most important. it's cheezy but you know!! :)

:heart: & :* for bootsy! I was gonna bring some stuff in this morning, but forgot it at home, yet again. At least I remembered to close my windows. I forgot to do that the other day. I came home from work and everything was hanging wide open. Okay, back to collage...

[sugarboots]

^ yipppeee :) but watch out for those windows, lady!

:p In related news, the other night I left my keys in my front door, outside! Where has my head been?

[reckanize]

Lovely stuff all. Is the hand holding the balloons supposed to have six fingers?

[sugarboots]

^ yes. those two are for my 'freakshow' themed show

Okay, my scanner sucks ass, and it's not any good at it. The bottom circle is actually light pink. And the staples are green.

http://www.modernevil.com/prettypistol/troubledheart.jpg

[sugarboots]

oh that's so cute! i love the scarf and the hummingbird touches!

[sugarboots]

another card

http://slowpencil.net/chako/notebook/archives/flyAway.jpg


ah coup! i'm feeling inspired to do more! but i'll be goin out of town this weekend ;(

I know, you'd better visit the board tomorrow for your birthday wishes! I want to do more, too. I found some really old stuff that I will probably post tomorrow or next week.

I love that card! I have a thing for wings which you'll see with a series I'll post later.

Fun, fun, fun!

[sugarboots]

two more. i planned to make 50 of these freak show/circus themed cards. but i am only on #14 and the show opens may 7. shiiiet.

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/horseyLady.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/crazylegs.jpg

[AlaskanKiwi]

Oh wow - those are awesome coup and sugar!

Thanks, AK! :) I am a lazy-ass so I keep forgetting to bring more in to scan. :|

[tokei]

^ woah great work! I would like to see a series done on tarot cards too.

[sumtinsumtin]

those are great, the swirlly legs is my favoritest :)

^no kidding, i've been toying with the idea of making my own version :D of tarot cards, that is.

[sugarboots]

Originally posted by tokei
^ woah great work! I would like to see a series done on tarot cards too.

thanks, it's funny cuz i WAS gonna do tarot cards. haha weird. then i just decided to stick with the card format. i'll post more when i have the time to scan more..but for now you can see the old ones at

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/?album=cards

[sugarboots]

Originally posted by sumtinsumtin
those are great, the swirlly legs is my favoritest :)

thanks, i :)

[tonybricker]

sugarboots, you already know that I love your cards, but I'll say it again: I love your cards

also, the wax-staining one with the kid's head? Awesome. You need to explain to me what wax staining is...

[sugarboots]

thanks!!!!! :)

basically i let a bunch of candles sit on it for a few months in the heat - it's not very complicated it just takes a looooooooooooooooooooooong ass time.. i don't think it's really a process either i was just experimenting. i tried doing it with wood but the candle i had wasn't dyed the right way...i actually switched that balloon collage over to a card and it looks much better - i'll post it when i get the chance ;)

[tonybricker]

so the candles just sorta melt in the heat...? or the dye from the candles gets soaked up by the pic somehow?

[sugarboots]

the dye from the candles soaks in and there is a thin wax coating on the paper. this was really old paper that i used too.

if you ever wanna stop by or anything to do art together, let me know ;)
my house is a mess, but it's always fun to shoot the shit while you're making stuff

[tonybricker]

oh hell yeah, I work so much better when there are other people around that are making stuff. We should have a monthly "make-stuff" day or something. Hanging out and making art is my favorite thing to do, so lemme know next time you're doing it and I'll help/distract/make stuff with you

[sugarboots]

^ woo hoo sounds good! i know i will be around this weekend trying to pump out cards. so give me a call if you're bored.

tee hee! I wish you guys lived by me! My friends and I have a Creative Club that meets on Tuesdays. Writing, sketching, collage, and knitting have been known to take place...

[tonybricker]

I wanna be in a Creative Club!

but I don't know many people here that are creative. I should get out more.

[St. Paco]

Lovin' the wax stained collage w/ textured pin holes. Excellent.

[St. Paco]

http://www.metropolmedia.com/karma_eternal.jpg

"Karma" or "I'll Live Eternal." Mixed media collage on paper.

[sugarboots]

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/ThreeLegs.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/GirlyHorse.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/Ethyl.jpg

few more up at http://sugarboots.com/gallery/?album=cards

i'm at 29 now. shit my goal is 50 and i have three weeks. i think i can?

[sumtinsumtin]

i think you can too.
those look rad

[utinni2]

wow you guys not only make great collage pieces but actually like doing collages, I don't like it. I get all frustrated working on those things, I'll maybe post some of my crappy collages I've done for school.

[tonybricker]

those are rad, sugarboots. I suck at collage but I am probably gonna try some now.

[tokei]

woah..those are great. You should sell them too!....when your're done of course...

[sugarboots]

hey thanks guys :) yes i plan to put them in a show i'm doing on May 7..i'm a little nervous but i think i'm going to frame them 2 per clip frame (hopefully this works) and then sell them for pretty cheap...maybe like $40 or something. idaknow. i was thinkin $25 per card.

[wonki wonki]

I'm seriously starting to covet some of those cards now. I have a few in mind...

[tokei]

^ that sounds great!...would you sell them online? how big are they?

[sugarboots]

wonki - then come to the show ;)


tokei : they are done on playing cards. they are small pieces...

[tokei]

^ lol..derr..slap forehead. Send us the info of the show when it's ready...where, etc.

[sugarboots]

Welcome to the Carnival Fabulon!
Co-curated and Press Release by: Chako Suzuki
The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight . . . The shrill siren song of a calliope beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. — Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

These [scary stories are] written by norms to scare norms. And do you know what the monsters and demons and rancid spirits are? Us, that’s what. You and me. We are the things that come to the norms in nightmares … These books teach me a lot. They don’t scare me because they’re about me. — Catherine Dunn, Geek Love

P.T. Barnum introduced America to its first circus sideshow over a hundred years ago; it has since become an obligatory part of circus culture. Barnum entertained the country by presenting people and acts from outside the mundane world, and the audience was bewitched. His freak show attractions simultaneously piqued the curiosity and repulsion of its viewers who kept coming back for more.

These days, a good carnival freakshow is hard to find. If you're tired of the same old smoke and mirrors tricks, come satisfy your cravings for a carnivalesque spectacle at the Cassius King Gallery. Curators, Alma Ronis and Chako Suzuki, are rolling in the Carnival Fabulon, a showcase of art inspired by such literary works as Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes and Catherine Dunn's cult classic, Geek Love. Dare to ask yourself: "What is normal?", "What is freakish?" Will you run? Will you hide? Will you gawk? Will you laugh? How will you fare at the Carnival Fabulon?

Come see what's under the big top at the opening night reception on Friday, May 7, 2004, from 6 - 11:00 pm absolutely free! There will be a DJ line-up and artwork to buy, so bring your alfalfa! The show will only run until May 31, 2004.

Sideshow artists include: Alika Cooper, Carson Ellis, Martha Rich, Kathy Ruppert, Rachel Salomon, Barbara Rourke, Chako Suzuki, Maura Vazakas, Alexia Markarian, Tina Sedonne, Rebecca Westcott, and Elizabeth Washburn.

The four founding members of the Cassius King Gallery created the gallery because, as active participants in San Diego's burgeoning art community, they felt their city needed a place where both up-and-coming and established artists could show their work. The gallery provides an excellent space for showing and viewing art.

That's such a great theme for a show. I open one of my books with a quote from SWTWC. :)

[mobius]

http://els.f2o.org/el/adbusted01.jpg

[stinky]

Here's an old collage of mine.

http://www.myimgs.com/data/menocu/DSC00361.jpg

[sugarboots]

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/Ballerina.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/GoingNowhere.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/Gymnastics.jpg

[tonybricker]

chako you are killing it

I like the thing that Iago posted too

[Evil Mastermind]

Originally posted by sugarboots
hey thanks guys :) yes i plan to put them in a show i'm doing on May 7..i'm a little nervous but i think i'm going to frame them 2 per clip frame (hopefully this works) and then sell them for pretty cheap...maybe like $40 or something. idaknow. i was thinkin $25 per card.

Nice work! Have you seen Tim Biskup's card series? They had a show at La Luz De Jesus gallery in Hollywood a while back, but each card was individually mounted in a matted shadowbox style frame, with I think two color mattes.
Looked cool, and maybe your work would look nice in a similar frame style, showcasing the individuality of each one.

Good good luck to you.

-M.

[sugarboots]

^thanks!

hmm. i just looked up his show online but didn't see pictures of the framing. i put 2 cards in simple clip frames with a cardboard background.....



http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/UnicornGirl.jpg

+

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/TailGirl.jpg

side by side in

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00006GT2X.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Evil Mastermind]

That sounds cool, be sure to post pics!

Here's a link to an eBay auction for a Biskup framed piece: Here (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20135&item=3717980218&rd=1)

[sugarboots]

^ oh very nice framing schemata. it'd probably be way too expensive for me to do that (the clip frames were on sale for like $1.74 hehe) since i have 40 cards and would have to get it professionally done (no matet cutter), but damn it does look nice . . .

[sumtinsumtin]

im lovin the new ones, they rock hard.

[sugarboots]

the last two - i ended up doing 42 total. i am worked

'siempre'
http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/Siempre.jpg

'be nice'
http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/BeNice.jpg

Nice bootsy! I'm workin' tonight. Stuff'll be up tomorrow. Old and new.

Okay, nothing old because I didn't feel like digging it out right now. But here's a new one. Click on it for bigger image.


http://www.modernevil.com/prettypistol/piglink.jpg (http://www.modernevil.com/prettypistol/bigpig.jpg)

[sugarboots]

aww that's cute :)

Thanks! I was kinda in a cutesy mood. The piggy is actually inside the bag.

[ironmonqui]

Aw, dang, I forgot about that pig. I was going to post a pic from the subgenius site... hmmm :tinker tinker: where is than thing :tinker: owch! come on get outta there, you!

okay, this is just an autofill from my address bar.... let's see!

s.com/bigfist/pics8/heart-ignition3/connie-pr0n.jpg doh!!
http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/pics8/heart-ignition3/connie-pr0n.jpgI could have made a very salacious innuendo here...;)

And I was just going to say, if you like collage such as this:

http://www.wirtzgallery.com/exhibitions/2001/exhibitions_2001_04/images/rs0120.jpg
then
click (http://www.giantrobot.com/forums/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=26182&perpage=15&pagenumber=5) image for thread...

[sugarboots]

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/SB_brown.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/SB_flowers.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/SB_green.jpg

[shammy718]

^nice : ). when are your next shows sugar?

Cute, chako. :) Is the size of a playing card a good one, or do you find it too small? I'm considering making some card-sized pieces, but still aiming at more of a Tarot size.

[sugarboots]

hi shams! i gotta show on june 5 (magpie) and a show on june 12 (sushi art). i'll post up more info on friday or monday!

hi coup! cards are perfect for me. i like working on small things as my collages don't really translate to big. the biggest i've worked on is 8 x 8 and those are far more sparse. i need to start breaking out my stupid print gocco already!

You know, you're right, I couldn't see your pieces any bigger. They are perfect.

[sugarboots]

aww thanks ;)

well it's also that the patterns and pieces i find for my collages are usually small too . . . so it all works out . . .

[sugarboots]

where's more, coup ? :)

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/forBwana.jpg

^totally reminds me of that 80's movie "Baby" :D

Bootsy, I've been soooo lazy! All I've done is scribble down sketches every time I get an idea. I've got an Asian Bistro/Martini Lounge grand opening to attend tonight, so maybe with a few martinis in me I'll be creative when I get home. ;)

[client 15]

<img src=http://www.polyfonken.com/RubADub/yay/stumba_kollaas.jpg>

sumthing i did a while ago...

Wow. I thought that guy was real and that it was a life-sized collage. That would be neat!

[shiro]

Wow sugarboots your work is great!!

Here's one of my pieces

http://www.audibleobjects.com/auctions/images/stickerburn_02.jpg

[key_loser]

Not mine, not really much of a collage, but I think it's good as hell:

http://images6.fotki.com/v93/photos/2/229542/824669/cathead-vi.jpg

[akuma]

http://est00.com/cover_v2.jpg


final version


props to enjoisey & the lil one for helpin with the final details

[akuma]

http://est00.com/cover_back.jpg


back cover


......



finally this fucker is almost done

[YelloKitty]

yo, i saw yr boy 'mal walking down duboce today... i was like HEY, that's homeboy!

[akuma]

:)

the kid is a fucking sonic genius


couldnt have done this w/o him

[sugarboots]

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/phoneGirl.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/oui.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/twentysix.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/confused.jpg

^so nice! This is a total collage weekend for me. We'll see what happens...

[sugarboots]

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/1greedyguts_vs_thunderthighs.jpg

http://sugarboots.com/gallery/cards/my_bed_c_u.jpg

[35ft6]

sugarboots, your shit is dope!

[utinni2]

sugarboots has thee mad collaging skills and the best signatures in town.

[sumtinsumtin]

those are awesome, the gal on the phone is my favorite!

great work

[sugarboots]

aww thanks guys !!! :)

[shammy718]

Originally posted by sumtinsumtin
those are awesome, the gal on the phone is my favorite!

great work



^i like that one too :) .

very nice, dear :)

[akuma]

http://www.est00.com/IMAGES/RMX/digi_guitar.jpg

[enjoisey]

my friend makes bizarre cards out of old school textbooks and children liteature:
http://www.unusualcards.com/images/pinups%20WEB/FishGirlXS.jpg
http://www.unusualcards.com/images/memories%20WEB/itneedsairXS.jpg
more here:
unusualcards.com (http://www.unusualcards.com/index.html)

[akuma]

those are great

[sugarboots]

hey those are great! i want to email her, but the email isn't working on her site..

not for me either. i want to get some info on where she gets her old books. i use them in my cards too! :) plus i collect old books and i don't want to rip apart any good looking ones, just some that are too dilapidated.

[enjoisey]

try this:

francesca232@yahoo.com

tell her joel sent ya.

i don't know where she gets her material coup. she has an uncanny knack of collecting.
back in school she made a 8' porn collage. it was great because i had stacks upon stacks of porn to look at, until the day i picked up the wrong pile and found myself looking at gay porn. "there's just not enough penises in the others" was her excuse.

^haha, she sounds cool! thanks :)

[sugarboots]

thanks! just sent her a quick little email

[enjoisey]

Originally posted by sugarboots
thanks! just sent her a quick little email

hey boots, you ever hear back?

[sugarboots]

nope - not yet..

me neither :(

[enjoisey]

she's not really that computer savvy.
oh well.

sorry ladies.

no biggie, thanks for the effort! :)

[ironmonqui]

Originally posted by CoupDeFeu
Wow. I thought that guy was real and that it was a life-sized collage. That would be neat!
Hey!
client 15's collage is pretty awesome
http://www.polyfonken.com/RubADub/yay/stumba_kollaas.jpg

And enjoisey's, and akuma's and sugarb's. I can't prove it, but I am an authoritah on collage and assemblage...

[client 15]

hehh. thanks.
theres really wicked works on this thread
.

[akuma]

thanks monqui




http://est00.com/IMAGES/RMX/computer_in.jpg

look for this in the next issue of remix magazine :)

[Asharak]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/jtgoode77/art/tyson.jpg

I'll upload the original collage if you'd like.

[karmyk]

mine isn't quite as cool as everyone else's, but... here's one i did for school:

http://img275.echo.cx/img275/5707/karmscollage8yj.jpg