Turning the Coffee Cup On Its Head
Celebrating World Collage Day 2024
May 11 is World Collage Day!
World Collage Day is an annual, international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. Initiated by Kolaj Magazine in 2018, we invited artists and art venues to hold events on that day to celebrate collage. World Collage Day is about artists connecting across borders against a global context of entrenchment and separation. And the day is about an art medium that excels at bringing different things together to create new forms and new ways of thinking.
Ric Kasini Kadour, the editor of Kolaj Magazine, writes, “We created World Collage Day because we wanted to honour this community of artists and to remind the world what a spirit of cooperation, mutual support, and creativity can look like.”
My first attempts at the Coffee Collage Series last year were simple assemblages as seen here in this video. The idea was inspired by noticing the abandoned coffee cups on outdoor tables in Parisian cafes.
For the past five months, I’ve been quietly working on adding new pieces to this series. I love having a theme for consistency! It also pushes me to think outside the box while making the process enjoyable. In these new collages, I’ve been combining analog, digital, and AI imagery. I’m aware that this process is not a popular one. But, at its essence, collage is about fusion— a convergence of materials and techniques. I hope art remains inclusive despite differing approaches to creating the final pieces.
As always, let’s meet each other in the comments section below. Let me know your thoughts and if any of these collages resonated with you.
See you all next Sunday!
The images featured in this Coffee Collage Series are available as a set of 5 art postcards. If you are interested, it is available for purchase in my online shop.
I somehow missed this when you first posted. These prints are fantastic! I just placed an order!
Love them all and the creative details. My favorite is the man standing in the coffee.