{"id":6683,"date":"2020-11-18T12:29:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T19:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2025-05-23T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:43:08","slug":"my-latest-set-of-small-abstract-paper-collages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/my-latest-set-of-small-abstract-paper-collages","title":{"rendered":"My Latest Set of Small Abstract Paper Collages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The beauty of being an artist is that I’m rarely bored. There\u2019s always something to try, something to research, something to mess around with. It can make having to stay home in a pandemic and perhaps suffering from what I like to call \u201cthe-four-wall-bouncies\u201d quite a bit easier. I can divert my attention and get into a meditative space in my studio. Making the paper collages has been a great diversion and an excuse to try out ideas, and see where they lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This next set is a little odd. I\u2019ve been finding that each of these sets is sort of like a little series but this time 5 of the 6 collages are in variations of the same colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And one, totally different. The odd one out, just seemed to come together immediately or close to….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Small abstract collage, mixed media with tissue, pencil crayon, ink pen, various saved and painted papers, sweet pea seed photo copy paper, 5 x 5.5 inches, Helen Bushell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The other five all have elements in common, either the colour, mostly turqoise and orange, or textures or just the \u201cfeel\u201d. These collages didn\u2019t come together easily. In fact , I pushed bits and pieces around over a few days. And then, voila, one day I walked into the studio, moved a few pieces around and hey, all of them seemed to get to the finish point. These will be on our Etsy shop, FoundMadeArt<\/strong><\/a>, eventually. Still catching up there. They are priced at $60 each and we do offer Free Shipping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Small abstract collage, mixed media with pencil crayon, various created painted papers, on paper, 5 x 5.5 inches, Helen Bushell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Small abstract collage, mixed media with pencil crayon, various created painted papers, on paper, 5 x 5.5 inches, Helen Bushell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Small abstract collage, mixed media with pencil crayon, various created painted papers, on paper, 5 x 5.5 inches, Helen Bushell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Small abstract collage, mixed media with pencil crayon, various created painted papers, on paper, 5 x 5.5 inches, Helen Bushell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Small abstract collage, mixed media with pencil crayon, various created painted papers, on paper, 5 x 5.5 inches, Helen Bushell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I’m already working on the next set on paper. And I’m planning to do some on small cradled panels and also some small stretched canvases. Got it all ready to go. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The beauty of being an artist is that I’m rarely bored. There\u2019s always something to try, something to research, something to mess around with. It can make having to stay home in a pandemic and perhaps suffering from what I like to call \u201cthe-four-wall-bouncies\u201d quite a bit easier. I can divert my attention and get Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1022,1088,1089,1,1206],"tags":[1041,1118,1102,1169,1216],"class_list":["post-6683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collage","category-etsy-shop","category-foundmadeart","category-musings","category-paper-collage","tag-abstract-collage","tag-abstract-paper-collage","tag-foundmadeart-on-etsy","tag-paper-collage-by-helen-bushell","tag-small-abstract-paper-collage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6683"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6964,"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6683\/revisions\/6964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}