Collage Using Citra Solv Paper
Citra Solv paper is one of my favorite things to have in the collage stash. It provides many wonderful accidental effects and unexpected colors. This first collage is a new one. The Citra Solv paper is the black and white piece at the top, and the bottom piece is from a sheet of hand painted paper, using a big brush and bold strokes in thin acrylic. (Click the link above for instructions for making these beautiful papers using Citra Solv cleaning solvent and pages from old National Geographic magazines.) Other magazines can be used too, but National Geographics have the best inks for this process.
Heartfelt – Collage, 6×6″ mounted on 8×10″ backing
Here are two more small ones . . .
Tread Softly – Collage, 4×4″
By Chance – Collage, 4×4″
And some of the Citra Solv papers in my stash:
A portion of this last one was used in the collage titled “Tread Softly.”
What are some of your favorite collage materials?
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These are lovely…thanks for the link to the technique, too! I’ve been playing around with wadding polish, to take up the ink on magazine pages, using little stick on dots to keep color and make pattern in some areas. Thanks!
Cindy, I have those 2 things on my list to try. Thanks for the reminder! I think it’s in a book I have by Claudine Hellmuth.
I love the complete organic quality you have achieved using this cleaner; it is hard to believe they are not naturally occurring, growing things–just beautiful! Thank you, Doris
Glad you liked, Doris!
Lovely papers….and collage. I use a lot of teabags lately, and Gelli printed papers.
Tea bags! Wonderful. And you know I love Gelli papers.
love all the new art and the created paper. I forget about that method. Got to get back to it. Have you tried it with “new” National Geo’s?
Thanks, Pat! In fact I read somewhere that older ones work better. I think they changed their inks at some point. However, all the ones I’ve found at the library thrift store have worked great.
Your collages here are wonderful! I still have not done this myself but I love the effect.
Thank you, Seth. I think you’d have fun with it.
Thanks for sharing your passion with us, I’m really in love with this sort of work! (:
Thank you, Jean!