Décollage Mixed Media Background
Ripping and Gluing in Layers
Today’s Tidbit shows you the process of Décollage, which is the opposite of collage; instead of an image being built up of all or parts of existing images, it is created by cutting, tearing away or otherwise removing, pieces of an original image. The French word "décollage" translates into English literally as "take-off" or "to become unglued". A similar technique is the lacerated poster, a poster in which one has been placed over another or others, and the top poster or posters have been ripped, revealing to a greater or lesser degree the poster or posters underneath.
We are going to use this technique to create a background that you can prepare for a collage or painted subject. You have to be patient, as this technique takes practice and utilizes many layers to be successful. I’m using brayer clean-up sheets for my Décollage background, I have an old book that I roll my brayer into, this way I save all the pages in one place.
Waste not, want not! As my mother was fond of saying. Let’s get to it.
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