Self Portrait

Dylan Hunt, Austin, TX

Tea Cup Drama

scrappyboy, NY

Theme of the week - SELF PORTRAIT

Are you ready to face this week's challenge? As recommended by Arty, the theme is self portrait. Should be interesting!

Noah's Routemaster

Within Neptune's Reach

Shipping Forecast

The Southern Ocean

Seafood

Punwit, East Rochester, NH

A Ripping Yarn

Another from the archive. I don't seem to have time for any new ones. Hopefully will get down to some serious collaging after all this Xmas nonsense is over! All the best to everyone here at Scrapiteria for the coming festivities!

Washbucklers

Sea Nymphs

Another oldie from the Scrapatorium files.

Deep Fat Fryer Attacks South Sea Islanders

This is an old one -just a colour photo copy- not sure what happened to the original.

Theme of the week - ALL AT SEA

Don't be afraid to get your feet wet with this week's theme, ALL AT SEA.

Happy holidays to everyone!

Collect Call from the Twilight Zone

Dylan Hunt, Austin, TX

Absinthe Daydreams

Dylan Hunt, Austin, TX

Mad Days of Yesteryear

Mental Power

Collage postcard - available for trade.

Punwit, East Rochester, NH.

Dreams to Drive a Man Mad

Dylan Hunt, Austin, TX

Mad Men Scientists and the Mob Mentality

Dylan Hunt, Austin, TX

Melancholia

One Step Beyond

scrappyboy, NY

Mascara Madness

scrappyboy, NY

Napoleon thinks he's a fish!

Ailuromania

Otherwise known as the crazy cat lady.

Stop the Insanity

scrappyboy, NY

Quack! Quack! I'm an orange!

The big stone idol in the living room told me to do it!

Theme of the Week - MADNESS

They're coming to take you away, ho ho hee hee ha haaa, but before they ship you off to the funny farm, make a collage about madness. Get crazy with this one!

Little Orphans in the Snow

scrappyboy, NY

Sledjacking

Loosely based on my favorite holiday song, Father Christmas by the Kinks.

Home For Christmas

Tammy Wilder, Oregon.

Christmas Card 2

Please welcome Phthalo Blue from Canada!

Naughty or Nice?

A Dolly for Sue

Collage by scrappyboy, NY.

Xmas Spirits

Collage by Punwit, East Rochester, NH

NO - EL

This years card that weve been printing out and sticking on card and folding and stuffing into collaged envelopes. A bit of a production line job!

Disco Noel

Collage by scrappyboy, NY.

Best Christmas Ever Made

A collaborative collage from a few years ago with recent additions. Hazel did quite alot of the border.

Christmas Tip

Xmas is Coming!

Xmas Buyers Guide 1994

Another cover from little limited ed. booklet from the archives. Nice to be able to give them a second airing!

The Jesus and Merry Chain Smokers

Collage by scrappyboy, NY.

Christma Catalogue 2002

One form the archives. A small booklet i used to collage and photocopy and send out with my Xmas cards every year. I havent made one since 2002. Dont seem to have to time anymore.

Theme of the Week - Christmas

It's time to get out the red and green paper because this week's theme is CHRISTMAS. The topic is wide open, so have fun with it!

Putting Out Fires

From the Scrapatorium files.

Tough Times To Raise a Family In

Dirty Laundry

From the Scrapatorium files.

Family

Please help me in welcoming Punwit to Scrapiteria! Here's his take on collage:

I discovered the fantastic world of paper arts in 1996, when my wife-to-be started experimenting with rubber stamps. As soon as I heard about mailart, I knew that making unique postcards & envelopes was just the thing for me! Since then I've done altered books, ATCs, assemblage... Well, you get the idea. One of the key features of our house is the studio in the backyard, where we spend evenings together creating art. And nothing is thrown away without first considering its collage potential.

Are We There Yet?

Mom's Birthday

Please help me in welcoming Tammy Wilder to Scrapiteria! Here's what she has to say about collage:

I started making collages right after I got sober 5 years ago and was in desperate need of something to occupy all the free time I suddenly had. I didn't realize it would become such a huge part of my life. I recently uprooted my life and started over in a different town largely because I wanted more time, and a better environment, for making collages. If I had to pick one artist that has influenced me the most, I would say Romare Bearden. Seeing his show at the SF MOMA a few years ago was my turning point. I'm inspired by lots of things, but mostly by the feelings I get from stories I hear or tell or imagine. I love stories--I used to want to be a fiction writer but I wasn't any good at writing details, and it's awfully hard to write a good story without details. With collage I get to tell a story, or the way it feels, and leave the details of the story up to you. I like that. It's perfect for me.

Drink Your Milk

Gene Geniie Octuplets

Johnny Has Two Fathers

Collage by scrappyboy, NY.

Meet the Snikkerds

One from the archives to start us off.

Theme of the Week - FAMILY

They're creepy and they're kooky,
Mysterious and spooky,
They're all together ooky, The Addams Family.

That's just one example of what comes to my mind when I think of FAMILY which so happens to be this week's theme. So sharpen your scissors and get to cutting!

Bubble Dancer