Saturday, 2 February 2013

Messing about with maps

Collage obsession maps

The Collage obsessions challenge this week is 'maps'. Rather than complete a finished canvas I have been experimenting in my sketch book.




  I tore up pieces of map relating to the Scottish Highlands, and stuck them into my sketch book. Then I put layers of colour onto the page, purples greens and browns.


 



Then once dry I cut the sketchbook page into squares and pasted them in a grid pattern and added gesso. I like the way maps seem to have thread like qualities with the red A roads wriggling through the patchwork landscape. I used red ink to go over the roads and then used red silk thread to form a grid around my map shapes.




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13 comments:

  1. bluegiraffe (Sherry)2 February 2013 at 15:35

    Your piece is so original and creative!I love how you've altered the maps but kept them still visible. Thanks for participating in Collage Obsession this week!

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  2. Anonymous2 February 2013 at 16:44

    This is really striking. Love the use of threads.xx

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  3. morag2 February 2013 at 18:56

    Thanks :) I would have loved to machine embroider the red thread onto the backing paper and round the squares, but as I had applied gesso it was a little to stiff. Never mind thats what experimenting is for, to learn what to do next time :)

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  4. Jez3 February 2013 at 08:21

    This is inspired and beautiful. I like the way you have inked in the red roads, many of them must be personal memories as you work or look back at the finished piece.
    I was given a book for Christmas called "YOU ARE HERE - Personal geographies and other maps of the imagination" by Katherine Harmon. Very US oriented, but interesting as I love maps, plus the art involved. And your collage is a Personal Geography. Love it.

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  5. Morag3 February 2013 at 09:33

    Thanks Jez :) Yes lots of memories as I was inking in the roads,and although I used colour to cover some of the pieces I left the names of memorable place names, so it is a sort of memory map.

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  6. Anonymous4 February 2013 at 04:32

    What a great idea! Original and beautiful!

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  7. Anonymous4 February 2013 at 04:33

    What a great idea! Original and beautiful!

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  8. sheila 774 February 2013 at 11:44

    I like the overall effect you have achieved using both paint and thread.

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  9. Tiffany7 February 2013 at 03:41

    so creative!

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  10. stefanie stark7 February 2013 at 12:22

    This is a very lovely idea "messing about with maps" especially the read thread you have added. I found a personal message for me as well in your artwork, since maps and red threads are so important in my life but sometimes I loose either the map or the red thread and have to search for it :)

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    1. morag7 February 2013 at 21:20

      Hi Stefanie, lovely to have you following my Blog, so pleased my map made a connection with you. :)

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  11. bohemiannie! art7 February 2013 at 12:35

    Brilliant! I love it. I unwrapped my machine yesterday to find that it doesn't work so I'll be doing a lot of art journaling!

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    1. Morag7 February 2013 at 21:24

      No sewing machine!! Oh no! your journals are beautiful though, so looking forward to seeing some exciting new work now you have moved Home. :)

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