No. 39 – Rock Stars in the Living Room
And introducing my Collage Class!
Welcome to the latest issue of Feed the Monster: a monthly art journal for creative, curious, imperfect and sometimes disheveled humans.
Click on the ❤️🔥 above if you want to help this publication be seen, and grow!
You can read more about FTM here. If you like it, please consider subscribing.
Last month I wrote about needing a break from my Life’s Work project, and turning to collage for some sweet relief. I idly mused that I might resume work on a collage tutorial video I had mapped out on paper last summer.
Well, that’s exactly what I did. All month. With otherworldy intent. Every day involved a learning curve, and a new aspect to consider. It disturbed my sleep, and I forgot to post on Instagram for four weeks (can you imagine?). Parts of my on-camera spots are awkward and nervous. I refer to the leopard in my collage as a tiger throughout the entire collaging demo (insert embarrassed laughter). Yet I forged ahead.
My original idea was to sell the class from balampman.com, but I learned the video file was too big for my Squarespace template. For that reason I now have a Vimeo On Demand page.
I also left myself no time to create a fresh edition of Feed the Monster, so for your viewing pleasure I’ve pulled from the vaults a post from 2017, “Rock Stars in the Living Room”, below.
Back in 2014 my husband David asked me to take photos of him and our friend Sarah Rhude in our living room to use as promo for an upcoming show. It thereafter became a bit of a "thing": we swing the sofa out of the way, leaving a blank wall for people to feel awkward in front of. Actually, none of these people seemed to mind too much.
The rock stars (in order of appearance): David P. Smith, Clay George, Troy BUBBA Cook, Ben Sures, Sarah Rhude, Carter Felker, Amy Nelson, John Guliak, J. McLaughlin, and Grayson Walker.
Plus why not, here’s the painting I did of J. and Grayson from the above photo:
There haven’t been many rock stars in the house over the past year, needless to say.
********************WORLD PREMIERE*******************
…of my collage tutorial video! Feast your eyes upon this quick n’ dirty trailer:
Please visit balampman.com to purchase the full class.
$35.00 CAD
What you get:
A 56 minute long video with a demonstration of how I put a collage together, the materials I use, and the tricks I’ve learned over the years that make your life easier while you’re working. After thirty years of making collages and seventeen years working in an art supply store, I know more about collaging and art materials than I need to.
I cover materials, choosing materials, cutting implements, composition, your work area, substrates, cutting vs. tearing, gluing, “best practices”, painting on collage, protecting your artwork, and different ways of approaching collage.
Eleven pages of class notes with pictures of the products mentioned, which complement the video and also make up for anything I run by too quickly.
Examples of the work of different collage artists and some of my own work, to hopefully provide some ideas and/or inspiration.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY MY HUMBLE OFFERING.
And I hope you’ll forgive me for the short and perfunctory nature of this month’s Feed the Monster. That Collage Class chewed me up and spit me out.
HEY! Leave a comment—I would love that. Or you can respond to this email.
Please share FEED THE MONSTER with anyone you think might like it! I’d appreciate it.
If you’d like to receive Feed the Monster by email once a month, please do subscribe.
Buy my book 100 Days of The Artist is Present
Take my Collage Class
Visit balampman.com
There's always Instagram