Ruben Martinho

I can not get enough of collage work right now! I first spotted a piece by Ruben Martinho on one of my favorite sites, Shiny Squirrel, and wanted to share with you......enjoy!

Want more? Check out his flickr here, chock full of beautiful images!

all images: Ruben Martinho

Shaun Kardinal

I LOVE these embroidered pieces by Shaun Kardinal, an amazing Seattle based artist, musician and photographer! What a simple and genius way to create! INCREDIBLY INSPIRING!

On his site he is quoted as saying, "I want to make cheap art. Free as often as possible." He sounds pretty awesome right?!

all images: Shaun Kardinal, shop here

Joe Webb

The first of these images has been making me happy for over a week, thought I should share.

all images: Joe Webb

available: here

John Baldessari

I love collage that uses found photography! John Baldessari is a truly fascinating American conceptual artist!

By obscuring a face Baldessari was able to erase individuality and transform a specific person into an obscure object. (1)

In 1970 he burnt all of the paintings he had created between 1953 and 1966 as part of a new piece, titled "The Cremation Project". The ashes from these paintings were baked into cookies and placed into an urn, and the resulting art installation consists of a bronze plaque with the destroyed paintings' birth and death dates, as well as the recipe for making the cookies. Through the ritual of cremation Baldessari draws a connection between artistic practice and the human life cycle. (2)

How crazy/amazing?!

Today I got a new flash for my camera and signed up for a one hour one-on-one class with an instructor. I'm hoping that I am on my way to actually learning how to really use my camera! It would be such a dream to be able to take really amazing photographs and maybe even make some collages of my own one day! For now I'll focus on step one: read the manual for the new flash.

text: (1) & (2)