Jacob Whib­ley cre­ates col­lages and sculp­tures, some­times sculp­tural col­lages. Made out of paper ephemera and wood, I love the com­bi­na­tion when the two are paired. It feels like an inte­rior of minia­ture pro­por­tions, some­times a cross-section of of a world. All images via his web­site. Addi­tional pho­tos on his Flickr. ...

While breez­ing through my Pin­ter­est over the week­end, I saw a pin by Jen Collins fea­tur­ing the work of Ash­lie Chavez. Struck by the meticulously-arranged col­lage with its rec­og­niz­able ele­ments, I stopped to take a longer look at the pair­ings and rela­tion­ships within her pieces. Many of her com­po­si­tions move in a cir­cu­lar pat­tern and ...

Do you work in col­lage? I do! Recently, Steven Rid­dle and I traded our scraps and made work that merges both of our papers. It was a lot of fun and a good chal­lenge to apply the way you typ­i­cally work with some­body else’s sensibilities. So, my ques­tion to you col­lage artists out there (all ...

ESH is an artist from Bosnia and Herze­gov­ina who is cur­rently work­ing in street art and dig­i­tal col­lages, in addi­tion to instal­la­tion work. I love the giant rug that’s been dis­played out­side of the build­ing. The oppo­site of where it should be! It’s a nod to the giant bear rugs that accom­pany cozy, fire-lit set­tings. Again, ...

André Azevedo is an artist manip­u­lat­ing draw­ing, fab­ric, and sewing to cre­ate pieces that heav­ily reflect the manip­u­la­tion of the of the human form, and serves as reminder for the emo­tion that can be con­veyed by sim­ple body language. André’s new series, Raf Simons # 15 Years uses bold col­ors and oper­ates with a heav­ier ...

I am ter­ri­bly behind in look­ing at sub­mis­sions and look­ing through all of the awe­some works on Brown Paper Bag’s Flickr pool. For that, I am sorry, every­one! I know there is some great stuff I am miss­ing… such as the col­lab­o­ra­tion between Jesse Treece and Jef­frey Meyer (aka Goof­but­ton). Jesse explains, “Jef­frey had a ...

Last Sat­ur­day, while at the Nudashank Gallery’s open­ing of Street Level, I was able to view the work of Jacob Cohen. His mas­sive pieces– some 80 inches tall (which is about 20 inches taller than I am!) were texture-rich col­lages on paper. These works are very sat­is­fy­ing to view in per­son, as the sub­tle changes ...

More col­lage today, this time by Hol­lie Chas­tain! Hollie’s work uti­lizes old text and weath­ered paper. I love the soft, roman­tic feel to these works, as Hol­lie plays with muted col­ors and sub­tle tones. Some of the text is not dis­torted and allows for read­ing. Hav­ing this vis­i­ble with the col­lage ele­ments plays into this grandiose ...

The carefully-constructed col­lage series Point of View by Beth Hoeckel take us on a jour­ney with their sub­jects as they sur­vey the land, no mat­ter how odd or scary it might appear. What is impres­sive to me is that these col­lages are not dig­i­tally manip­u­lated at all, but every­thing feels seam­less. The tinge of time ...

This is not my first men­tion of Jes­sica Hig­gins on Brown Paper Bag. I’ve writ­ten about her project, Muse­ums Press, before. Jes­sica makes won­der­ful work in her own right, look­ing nearly effort­less as she pairs painted shapes with col­lage paper. My favorites of her work have to be straight paint­ing, which are rem­i­nis­cent to me ...