The Collage Ideas Book

by Alannah Moore

Let your creativity run wild and breathe new life into your collages.

Collage allows your creativity to run riot.

It lets you juxtapose disparate elements, styles, and media against each other and create something entirely novel, bizarre, arresting, beautiful, ironic, or unsettling. Old and new can be fused together; the digital and hand-made can be combined.

What you can create with collage knows no bounds.

This little book is full of big ideas from contemporary collage artists to  inspire you to think differently.  It's the perfect gift for creative friends and family, providing inspiration for curious beginners as well as seasoned collagists looking for new ways of working.

With a  new idea on every page , you will discover fresh ways of tackling the medium to  create work that is original and exciting.

Ideas include:
- monoprint
- embroidery
- felting
- portraiture
- painting
- body art
- sketchbooking
- miniature dioramas
- Surrealism
- Photoshop
- and many more!

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Crafts

176 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2018

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of good ideas throughout the book, with a lot of different styles. I think the smaller size of the book makes it hard to get a good look at some of the artwork represented. Two artists I discovered here that I'm certainly going to seek out are James Read (who lets painted parts dry and then cuts/reapplies) and Janet Jones (who uses the worn edges of torn papers as landscapes).

[Tammy V · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely presentation with tons of ideas but why it got 5 stars is that it sent me down a rabbit hole of new artists who use collage, and into creating Pinterest boards for future reference.

here are earmarked pages:

Create Art from Junk (20), Jason Mercier (because I need a reason not to throw *anything at all* away)
Invent Hybrid Creatures (23), Amy ross - OMG I love her creations and I have the ephemera collection to set off in her direction (as well as some finished work from years back but she'll start off again)
Experiment with Embroidery, Jose Romussi - hand stitching and machine sewing - I'm into handstitching and I love her work - nice joining of favorite crafts aspects of mine
Monoprint a Collage (51) Michele Brown
Create a Fantastical World (76) Ben Giles (a lot like Amy Ross or maybe just sort of, but definitely the same *feeling* for me)
Using Stamps and Stencils (108) Angela Cartwright
Play around with Paper, Patrick Bremer (love love love)

Each page is wonderful. I could have earmarked all of them but I recognize which way I'm moving so I just earmarked the artists headed there. If you like Collage, this is just a wonderful little resource!

[Sarah]

This book includes some talented collage artists with different approaches and styles. I bookmarked a number of pages with inspiring images. But I think the editor would have done better to choose a larger format. The small reproductions rob many of the collages of impact, and those works with lots of small detail do not come across well. Happy to have the book nevertheless.

[Helen Sews-Knits · Rating 3 out of 5]

For those asking for a larger format then the kindle version has huge zoomable pictures when used on the app.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good look at many different ways to do collage using examples from collage artists. This is definitely an inspiration book rather than a how-to.

[DianeM · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I really loved, apart from the beautiful collage images, was the size of this book. It is a little treasure! I fancy packing it into my bag when I venture out and being able to dip into it like a box of delicious chocolates.
Moore has curated a fabulous book with works from a diverse range of artists - providing something for everyone. There are so many fantastic ideas: you can't help but feel inspired!

[Am Y · Rating 2 out of 5]

A showcase of many collage artworks by various artists, from which you can hopefully get some inspiration. Many of the examples looked the same to me, or were built around the same concept/idea.

[Jackie Sunday · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an incredible book of collage ideas. One can flip through the pages and get creative with their own works with a variety of samples from using art from junk to experimenting with embroidery. It comes with 160 styles to choose from. One page has a short description with the opposite side showing what someone has done.

However, there is one thing to consider with this book. It's small - 6 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. The book could easily be carried in a small bag. Yet, it would be easier to read with a larger font for the printed page. If I saw it in a bookstore, I might have dismissed it because of the size. The photos are good and it makes you want to run to the art room and immediately go into a zone and use some of the examples to make something extraordinary.

[D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nothing but praise and gobs of inspiration for this sweet, totable book. If you're a poet, writer, artist, maker - you just might find inspiration in these pages. I found plenty of quirk, uniqueness and clever artistry in the collages.

While I might not run out and copy what I've seen, there is enough food for thought to get your creative flow, well, flowing. Bright, fun, inspiration: Exactly what I'd hoped to find.

[Adriana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Es un poco repetitivo y me atrevería a decir que hasta tiene algunos errores de traducción.

Tiene información interesante pero está mal organizada, me da la impresión que este libro se hizo a la rápida y no se cuidaron algunos detalles…

Si te gusta el collage es una buena introducción pero en definitiva no es la mejor ni la más trascendente, tiene algunas referencias inspiradoras pero en mi opinión le sobran 100 páginas (y tiene 175)

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was smaller than I had anticipated but fascinating nonetheless. I didn’t love all of the artist styles represented but appreciate the talent to create each of them. It’s an inspiring book and I (like another reviewer) dog eared a several pages that I think may springboard me into action on days when I can find flow. This is a good compendium if you are into collage.

[Rochelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great little coffee table book filled with inspiring collage artists.
Interesting insights into different techniques, models to follow and the leading source artist in this form. Thoroughly inspiring.

[Hannah Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of those books that's great to flip through and get inspiration. I like the little blurbs about each artist and the techniques they use. Favorites are Anna Hymas and her layered painted paper approach, Debbie Lyddon's cloth and paper landscapes, and Shelley Rhodes' tiny pieces of art using pretty much any material she finds at local secondhand shops. A book of beauty and delight!

[Komal Patel-Gibson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeh really liked this book, gave me lots of new idea threads to follow and introduced me to tons of artists I want to look up. It's a small book so isnt easy to see the images and often only one image is included per idea, so digging around online is necessary.

[Kate Cornfoot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book! Beautifully curated and successfully inspired me to make something! Would definitely be worth printing in a larger size because the art work included is stunning and begs a larger format.

[Hrafn van Es · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really inspiring artwork that will help me use different techniques and find other styles in making collage art.

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful inspiration book.

[Kristy Moondaughter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my kind of collage

This wasn’t the right book for me I am interested in more Art journaling type collage. Techniques were interesting and useful

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun collection of techniques by various collage artists, it really gets the creative juices flowing!

[Jo Starr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic little book for inspiration. It's great to see artists and their different styles.

[Jennifer Gifford]

This is a sweet little book with lots of ideas on Collage.

[Anick Globensky-bromow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful little gem of a book! So inspiring!

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

A small book packed full of collage ideas by contemporary collage artists. Good value and good ideas.

[Eva Weiss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring!

[Christine Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got inspired!