Collage 2024: Intuitive Scripting + Mail Art
In this series I have selected 5 collages from my large collage journal This is an ongoing project as I am always practicing and honing my collage skills, ideas and inspirations. These five video tutorials combine my love of mail art and intuitive scripting, those of you who have been following me for years know of my love for Nick Bantock’s work. He was my early introduction to mail art 39 years ago when I was fortunate to be among a group of pioneering artist reviving bookmaking and subsequently “Book as Art”. Nick was exploring the language of storytelling through mail art and creating compelling books that were being published. Also Lenore Tawney was a huge influence and I’m sure she inspired Nick as she had been doing this kind of work many years earlier
The five collage are similar that allows for you to practice similar techniques, enough to really grasps the concepts I’m sharing yet different so that don’t look the same. This a concept that I love illuminating so that the students notes this idea and can grasps the concepts while working. We can create series that are designed to look a like or ones that can look very different yet relate. Both are relevant and worthy of exploring
Enjoy!
Each video is time stamped so that you can find segments easily and also have product links if you’d like to find the supplies I’ve used or be directed to something similar
Your Instructor
Robyn is a Nationally know artist living in the Southwest, exhibiting nationally and internationally with exhibitions in the Smithsonian Museums, Corcoran Art Gallery and art in the permanent collections of The MOMA as well as other notable collections.
She is a Master Bookbinder and Papermaker having studied in the tradition of Apprenticing as these were dying art forms in the 80's and only being revived by artists. She subsequently taught in Universities and Museum systems as an Adjunct Professor, often times setting up the programs in the Art Departments of these Schools nationally, as the discipline of "Book as Art" was becoming recognized as a significant art form.
Her design experience has won notable commissions: these include creating a distinctive award for Dr. Dorothy Irene Height's "Uncommon Height" Project which celebrated those who through their outstanding contributions has contributed to this country's advancement. Previous recipients have been Oprah, Dr. Maya Angelou, Vanessa Williams and Vernon Jordan, to name a few. Additionally, She has designed for Essence Communications, Ikea, Target, and UNICEF.
Robyn continues to work with individuals to help them create businesses and projects that incorporate their ideas, goals and dreams through personal Authenticity Coaching, Workshops, Seminars and Webinars.