This collage was made from the sample paper from a Domtar Earthchoice sample booklet. It is in memory of my fighter fish Kenshiro who was a fighter to the very end. Mottainai.

Here is the 2009 Holiday eCard that I created for Dimentians (the company I work for). This animation from concept to finish was completed in a mere three days. The idea was to incorporate my recent upcycling collage inspirations and use the design magazines that I had on my desk at work from HOW, Veer & Wired. ENJOY!

This is the first upcycle collage for my Japanese Obake (monster) series. I will create different collages depicting different Obake derived from Japanese folklore.

This is collage is of Rokurokubi, which are ordinary people by day, but transform into long necked creatures at night, often frightening people and creating terror.

This collage was created out of the HOW magazine paper product advertising inserts.

This project no. 10 is created out of the HOW magazine paper product advertising inserts from the February 2005 issue.

This collage was inspired by Hiroshige Hokusai’s Geisha wood block print. I loved all the layers of the kimono and creating the lines in the hair with cut outs, revealing the colour of the paper behind as the lines. I also had some liberties with my interpretation, for instance, I reversed the image, and used different colours and textures for the background and kimono accessories (this however was limited to what paper I had available from this issue).

This collage was a bit more time consuming and detailed than some of the previous collages that I have made, but the final results were oh so satisfying that I don’t mind that I spent my Sunday morning getting covered in glue and paper scraps.

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This project no. 9 is created out my old birthday cards given to me over the past 2 years.

I thought the bamboo was fitting since the paper came from a card to celebrate aging and bamboo are plants that are strong and rejuvenate quickly (what we all wish we could do as we age).

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Pretty kitties.

This project no. 8 is created out of the HOW magazine paper product advertising inserts from the June 2009 issue.

This one was fun to do, I think I could of put so many more things into this collage, but at some point I had to tell myself the age old truth, sometimes less is more.

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Dreamy.

This project no. 7 is created out of the Veer stock catalogue from the September 2008 issue.

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A little Japanese inspiration.

This project no. 6 is created out of the HOW magazine paper product advertising inserts from the October 2005 issue.

I have noticed that these older issues have more paper ads, I guess with the economic times being what they are advertising has decreased in recent issues.

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This project no. 5 is created out of the HOW magazine paper product advertising inserts from the August 2009 issue.

You can’t really tell from this scan, but the yellow bar like objects behind the wolf are actually made of this fantastic gold paper that reflects so well in real life. But you will have to just use your imagination.

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This project no. 3 & 4 is created out of the HOW magazine paper product advertising inserts from the December 2008 issue.

There were so many great paper ads in this issue I was compelled to make two pieces.

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This project no. 2 is created out of the HOW magazine paper product advertising inserts from the October 2009 issue.

I enjoy reading this magazine and often keep the issues for references. And one thing I noticed in every issue were these great paper company ads showcasing some great paper finishes, laser cutting and vivid images. But at the end of the day they were still advertising, so I thought since they are not an integral part of being a reference, I thought I’d give the paper ads a new life in my collage project. My rule is to only use the paper ads, seeing as they are the only ads that are two sided  and do not have articles on the backside.

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This is my first posting for my Upcycle Collage Project. This project is where i take ordinary junk mail/paper/advertising and upcycle it into a 4×4 inch collage. My goal is to eventually take all my 4×4 pieces and put them together as a kind of upcycled paper quilt Art.

This project no. 1 is created out of the advertising inserts that I received in my swag bag from the Sony Style Fashion show and Market put on by Women’s Post Media.

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