Collage Art Blog — quotes

Creating the illusion of folds in a flag using only magazines pages was a challenge for me in my collage, “Freedom Flag”.  This is one of those pieces I needed to keep walking across the room to see if it was doing what I needed it to do.  Placing a dark grey paper in a white strip looked off close up, but from a distance it looks like a shadow.  I just had to have faith that it would all make sense. I wanted to add meaning and to reflect our nation's history.  So to keep with the theme, I...