Collage on a Theme

Collage theme - Mokau

We have a batch at Mokau and I love to wander round the bush and seashore taking photos and just soaking up inspiration. this small collage is a mixture of prints, paper, fabric and stamps laminated with gel medium top and bottom onto a felt base and quilted in a pebble stitch to make the whole cohesive.

The only image that is definitely Mokau is the bridge at the bottom left - it is from a pamphlet that advertised the small community. All the other images are found bits and pieces that evoke that feeling of being at the seashore. If you look carefully you will see where I have stamped the word Mokau in the middle with small paua embellishments on either side. There are some beads in a grid just above this. The godwit was added as an impact image but I have never seen these birds at the shore. It doesn’t really matter if the focus is on the art collage and not specifically documentary correct

The whole idea is to create something unique in a creative way without it having to cost very much money