Eugenia Loli Collages

Eugenia Loli is a collage artist and film maker who creates interesting and sometimes controversial or at least conversational pieces. Some are a bit gross or scary.

"...for the vast majority of my work there's a meaning behind them. I usually do this via presenting a "narrative" scene in my collages, like there's something bigger going on than what's merely depicted. Sometimes the scene is witty or sarcastic, some times it's horrific with a sense of danger or urgency, some times it's chill. I leave it to the viewer's imagination to fill-in the blanks of the story plot. "

For example, read this detailed explanation of her Three Minutes to Nivana artwork. I love the way the new meaning or social comment can be made by combining images. Loli does this cleverly, blending images creatively to create new meaning. She achieves the "look twice" trick, which I love. I like the geometric cuts in some of the work making it look simple but still so effective in creating something new with a different meaning. It is also interesting how the titles of the works can change your perception of the concept, usually deepening the message. I think I also am attracted to her use of vintage looking images! I like so many of her works, so check out her page for more. Some are just so clever.

Very clever and eye-catching works in her Farscapes series. I love how these works can have you staring at them working out all the different parts and the new landscape they create. I love the mix of scale too!

The Wreck

Objective-Obscurity series:

Extremities

Cut-outs

Mind-atleration Series:

Nomalisation

Zimbardo

Modern Citizen (Pothead)

Cature I and II (diptych)

Oh-L-amour series: I obviously love the negative space and depth tricks the galaxy/star pics play on the images as these were my favourites (always love a play with negative space!):

Dependable Relationship

Kundalini

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"Erinyes" triptych from New-Mythology series

Worshiped-Women series. So many more clever images in this series! Great meanings and comments on women in society!

Speech on past days

Rising Mountain

Gladiolus

All-Fun-Games seriers: Again so many clever comments, only a few here:

Bloomed Joyride Too

Girl with Balloons- so simple but effective use of contrasting bright with B&W

Maker

Fabulous-Gentlemen series:

Faboosh, Part II 

I AM is Pondering the Self

Disappearing-Acts series:

The Droplet that Returned to the Ocean

Reportaz Series:

Dry cleaning

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Rock pictures

Medha Rode's Etsy shop sells these clever and cute artworks made from pebbles, shells and other material along with drawings. Fitting for weddings, engagements, births etc.. They would make good cards too..

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Donovan- mixed media fashion collages

Now York based artist and fashion illustrator Bil Donovan, uses brush and ink and collage in a number of his works for high end fashion, advertising and editorials. His collages are magnificently detailed and awe-inspiring!

Couture Girls- I love the shapes and resist squiggles!!

Collage LnT- Absolutely love these colourful collages  with the clever use of text

Collage Salon Mag

ChaCha

NYTalk 80's

Two Blue Guys- Loving this collage concept

Elle Germany

Paris M.A.G.

T and CAD

Saks-Tst- Love the silhouette look..

Em's recent works

I have been experimenting with different techniques and medium as part of some extra practical art study I have been undertaking. Here are a few recent experiments and workshop outcomes..

Charcoal and eraser- my new favourite technique

First go at watercolour

Pages from my book made from transparent paper, drawing and mark making-  This was lots of fun to experiment with all types of mark making things (rubbings, stamps, stencils etc)

Summer Workshop

 

Summer: This is a number of my final outcomes for a summer workshop. 

I wanted to portray the heat of summer along with the Aussie bush and kids playing

Monotypes, prints and stamps with things such as wallpaper, bubble wrap and leaves.

Monumental Workshop

We drew an object many different ways and get to know it and then divide one of our images into 9 and draw each square in different media. I chose a stapler.

Coloured pencil, collage, ink, graphite pencil, chalk on black paper, charcoal, pastels, paint on newspaper and ink wash over wax candle (each segment is A3 size).

We had to choose three images, one architectural, one 2D pattern and another image, and then combine them into a new composition. It was the most challenging workshop as it was hard to get all three images working together well. But I got to experiment with lots of watercolour techniques.

Source images I used

Watercolour, salt, coloured pencil and charcoal

Charcoal and eraser

Image I love: Watercolour, salt and freezer paper used as stencil.

Confetti

I would definitely make my own confetti with a hole punch and whatever coloured paper I wanted but you could also use different shaped hole punches.. hearts are an obvious good one, snow flakes for winter, leaves for autumn, music notes or other shapes to connect with the couples interests. You could also recycle different types of paper this way.. newspaper, books, music sheets, even dried leaves..

But you don't even need to use traditional confetti or paper.. what about.. rose petals, dried autumn leaves, pom poms!, sequins, streamers, ribbons, 100 and 1000's, herbs, popcorn, paper cranes!! and of course bubbles!

I am liking the idea of recycled paper into shapes like hearts but I think I may need to do a few experiments on how different papers fall. Tissue paper may be good if it floats down..

Paper cranes and petals

Bubbles

Autumn Leaves!!! This could work for me!

Pom-poms (69)

Gold confetti- love the colours!

Recycled paper hearts

Comic book hearts

Rosemary

Watercoloured dyed confetti- great blog too!