I’ve always been into recycling; using my art work to create new art work. I guess now a days it’d be called creating a “mash up” or something.. but I still refer to it as being a “Mega Assemble Project” (after a Spanish friend who used to do something similar but with film). In the days of E6, I used to create these types of collages right in the slide holder itself (see http://blog.angelacoulombe.com/random-still-life/before-we-were-digital-remembering-e6-film/ and for more Polaroids http://blog.angelacoulombe.com/random-still-life/polaroid-diaries/). Anyway, last week I was asked to create some art for a holiday sale. What I’m working with now are old Polaroids I have lying around, fabric, paper, canvases, paints, stamps and assorted hardware. Since I’m using Polaroids and painting the canvases myself, these items are truly ONE-OFF, UNIQUE pieces of multimedia art.  The process is laid out below:

The canvases start off blank. Here I’ve already started the painting process.

I layer different paints on the canvases until I have the right colour combinations.

I also paint on paper to create different textures I can use on the canvases.

Cut out stars. Some have been sewn with my sewing machine, some will end up on collages.

Layering textured paper over canvases. Practicing my fancy hand writing before adding text to canvases.

Nothing gets wasted. Even the scrap I clean my brushes on and write on will get used later.

Finished product, canvase with sewn Polaroid.

Polaroid of VW bus door with cut out text from Spanish dictionary on canvas.

More of the finished products - all using Polaroid images.

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