In Collage Your Life, artist and teacher Melanie Mowinski teaches a variety of core techniques including lettering, stamping, stenciling, transfers, and adhesive methods, while providing dozens of prompts to jumpstart the creative process and encourage crafters to explore the versatility of collage. Topics include: make a self-portrait, incorporating text, assemble mementos from a trip, or try creating block-out poetry with pages from a magazine. Inspiring examples of the author's work along with that of other collage artists are featured throughout. Crafters, journaling fans, scrapbookers, and artists alike will find guidance and support for developing their own distinctive collage style, whether the goal is to create a visual record of daily experiences and special occasions or to expand a creative journaling practice.
224 pages, 8.25" x 10".