fortysix: collage

i used to collage a lot when i was younger. when i lived in spain, for my last two years of high school, i collaged a large wall in my room. and while in middle school, i essentially covered all the wall space in my room with photos, drawings, and other objects. i have now graduated from collaging walls to objects. in the summer of '07 i decorated this set of drawers from ikea. i keep the drawers on my desk and enjoy looking at them.
i made this last summer from a chinese newspaper i got at a local restaurant. i spray painted the corks in the middle to create greater contrast with the newspaper. this frame was a bit of an experiment. i have found that newpaper and liquid polyurathane do not mix well (the polyurathane causes the back image of the newspaper to come through the front). to avoid the back images bleeding through i sprayed several light layers of spray polyurathane over the frame first and voila the problem was fixed. i stilled used the liquid poly to get the nice yellow finish and gloss. when the weather gets warmer i think i may make a few more frames - i picked up some arabic newspapers that i am planning to use.