Collage techniques - Gerald F. Brommer

One of many exhilarating artistic developments that took place during the early twentieth
century, the fine art medium of collage emerged from the cubist gluing and pasting
explorations of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. As a result of its experimental
genesis, collage has continued to serve not only as a primary form of expression
for many prominent artists, but as a principal means of evaluating and developing
new creative strategies.

Conceived and written by renowned artist, author, and
teacher Gerald Brommer, Collage Techniques first presents the medium within the context
of a wide variety of materials, including washi (oriental and rice papers) and watermedia;
stained, prepared, and found papers; photographs; and fabrics and fibers. Each category
of material is examined through a step-by-step demonstration and works by artists
who approach collage in original and refreshing ways. The latest trends in technologically
enhanced collage, including such high-tech applications as multiple photocopying
and digital scanning, are also discussed. The author then explores how the elements
and principles of design are used in collage, and how they in turn are employed in
all the major genre, including still life, landscape, the human figure, abstraction,
and nonobjective imagery.

Beautifully illustrated with the work of more than eighty
noted artists, including Edward Betts, Jae Carmichael, Margo Hoff, Katherine Chang
Liu, and Fred Otnes, Collage Techniques is an essential reference for all artists
and illustrators, regardless of their creative focus or choice of medium.