For this task, I brought in ‘unique cars’.
I also brought some glitter and coloured textas to doodle on top of these.
I really like the feminist history of collage, and how it was often made for small circles. Or even personally.
2 things I wanted to focus on when making my own collage. Interesting juxtaposition in texture. I want it to feel rich but not overloaded. I often find the ones that have full images, end up all looking quite same-y. I also wanted to make it a bit silly, I wanted.
I decided to make a poster that I would imagine hanging up in some child’s bedroom. The same way girls make posters about film crushes. but about cars instead.
this is the whole piece; all of it came from the magazine. I didn’t use any base paper to begin with. I used only small text areas, so the large cars would really be obvious.
here are some close-ups
This one is my favourite, so silly.
Especially on the last two, I really liked how the text element was bridged between the background and the car because of the advertisements. it makes it look like the cars belong there, or this is where they came from.
I thought this was fun and cute, personally, I don’t think it is particularly impactful or interesting. nor did I super enjoy doing it. but it was a cool trial because you use a different part of your brain to make it. instead of making something from nothing, you have to deal with and scavenge through what you can find. and I found that a bit too limiting.