Industrial Ophelia - mixed-media collage

Here I am - Industrial Ophelia. Still floating...

Collage on canvas - 20x60 cm (8x24'').

I can say this collage sums up the way I just love to create: putting together things which may look random, but in the final stage they all work together to express my ideas and emotions. Projects like this one are always important to me - they come from the deeper  levels of the soul, if you know what I want to say... and it is a perfect "second chance for "useless", unwanted elements too!

Collage was made using art mediums from my Prima Art Basics Line: 3D Gloss Gel for gluing, Heavy Gesso in Black and White for priming and color, Clear Gesso for altering the photo. Colors are mixture of Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays and Primary Elements Pigments mixed with water in a great company of Silks (Iridescent, Blue, Gold and Green).

If you take a closer look you may find a bunch of interesting findings on this canvas - mixed with some intriguing Prima embellishments. I couldn't resist and I used a combination of the most inspiring elements: computer parts, lace and embroidery pieces, paper flowers, resin and metal shapes (including a sink and mushrooms!) as well as some shells I bought in San Diego and a handful of bits I got from my lovely students in France, UK and Italy. Thank you so much for help! :)

I hope I was able to convince you you can create using absolutely anything you want - as long as you are able to stick it and paint it the sky is the limit!
Keep creating - no mater what happens, remember to "make good art" (as Neil Gaiman said).
(This also applies to me, of course!)
Sending warm hugs