the right side of my brain: Magazine Collage

This project sprouted after finding two lovely tiles while at SCRAP one Saturday afternoon. Organic in its texture, the tile inspired the design, created with ribbon and magazine cutouts. Sitting in my living room cutting through a stack of National Geographics, I stayed up later than I should have with work the next morning, But, it was a refreshing break from the my daily routine to create something spontaneously. Another motivating factor lies in the redecorating of my living room. One of my roommates moved out lastmonth and I've been slowly decorating our living room to pull together the various pieces of furniture. This collage sits on the wall in my living room and helps us get closer to establishing the character and color scheme of our living room.

A roll of olive ribbon continuously wraps around the tile and creates a diverese set of angles to contrast the vertical pattern in the tile. With the wrapped tile on my lap, I set forth and began cutting leaf shapes out of magazine pages. As I cut the shapes, I tucked them into the ribbon and eventually filled the whole tile. I thought about trying to glue the leaves as I initially laid them out, but decided it was easier to start over and glue them in place as I populated the tile. Once the glue dried, the tile couldbe placed on the wall in my living room to complement the lovely burgendy recliner.