Collections from the journey....

I've been unpacking and these are some of the stuff

I've brought back from my trip...

from fish and chips wrappers to protective sheets

for delicate items 

(which was given to me by the kind retailer at a shop;
see that jagged looking paper where the red die cut bear is resting on?)

And guess what, I bought a box of rice cakes while on transit at 

 Narita Airport in Tokyo 

as the paper was too pretty to resist.  ;) 

all for collage.......

And I've been wide eyed and awake while everyone was sleeping last night....

so what did jet lag do to me? ;))

I made some background papers in the wee hours of the night,

painting, printing and organizing my stash of papers etc....

Assembling and having fun.....

arranging the elements...... 

 I stumbled upon this quote by collage artist, Mark Lazenby which got me thinking about my perspectives on beauty in discarded and found elements for collage art....

" There's a great deal of beauty and truth to be found in things we discard.
Bits of trash, pieces of printed matter-I seek to rescue and elevate these fragments.
I want to make new worlds out of them"...

Well I'm off to do some cutting, tearing and pasting some papers and found objects..... 

Have a good week!!