Tearing, pasting & painting paper -

"MaCha Bad Bar"
collage by Mick Mather
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The cropped and manipulated image that you can see here at MickMathersARTblog raised a question or two about whether it was "traditional" or "digital" collage, so I thought I'd post the original here. This piece is decidedly a torn paper collage done in the traditional method. Enjoy.

Thursday Challenge: Garden -

"Brand New Garden Coat"
digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... cultivate the garden for the nose
and the eyes will take care of themselves ..."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

From the Cube, a bowl -

"Paper Bowl"
digital photograph by Mick Mather
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After making my paper from the remains of "Erosion Cube", I decided to add some yellow daffodil petals and some leaves to the remaining pulp to make a bit more paper and this paper bowl. A thin sheet was laid out, pressed and then layered over a form - in this case a light bulb. I forgot to oil the bulb for an easy release and ended up having to wet the dry pulp and then pry the bowl off carefully with my thumbnail. It worked out okay and I may do this again soon.

Papermaking -

"Making Some Paper"
photomontage by Mick Mather
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Using my "Erosion Cube" and some household items such as the blender, 5-gallon tub, a plastic container (that brought leftovers home from the diner) and a mesh onion bag, I made some paper. See the full story and the final, fully dried result of the cube at MickMathersARTblog.

The original -

"Winter - Original Photograph"
photograph by Mick Mather

I thought I should put up the original photograph that was the basis for this image posted at Illustration Friday on Christmas Eve, 2010. As many of you know, my fascination with manipulating photographs and digital collage continues unabated. Enjoy, and Happy New Year.

Who knew?

"Double Exposure"
digital photograph by Mick Mather

I had no idea that a digital camera could produce a double exposure. I don't have a clue to what caused this accident (low battery power perhaps) but here's a most strange and disconcerting photograph of my youngest granddaughter, Leighlund. A manipulated version can be seen here at MickMathersARTblog.

Adrift, again -

"Adrift (Alternate Version)"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

Although I like this version better, I found it a bit too cold as compared to this version posted at Illustration Friday on February 12th, 2010. As you'll see, the windmill isn't evident in the other image and I thought some of you might enjoy seeing it.