Contemporary Collage Magazine

29/06/2024

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28/06/2024

We have been merrily scrolling through all of your hashtags this month, plucking out those that burst with colour and vibrancy. We believe that ephemera plays a major role in collage and we wanted to search for those artists that have explored this concept and introduced aspects of texture, colour and other unique source materials into their work.

We hope you enjoy this weeks selection of Instamatic inspirations :

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26/06/2024

"Mark Timmins was a winner in our Typography : Single Image category in our 2023 Awards. Mark has a unique, illustrative approach to collage, creating strange worlds
populated by even stranger figures and creatures. We asked Mark to choose six of his pieces and give us an insight into the workings of his mind for each of them.

We spoke to Mark for Issue #33 of Contemporary Collage Magazine, head over to our website where you can read Mark’s full article. Subscribe today for £6 per month or purchase as a single issue.

You can also see more of Mark’s work on his Instagram page:

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21/04/2024

Last month we saw some fantastic submissions to our G.F Smith challenge each with their own burst of creativity and colour. We also have an exciting update for this challenge - those who participate will receive an A4 pack of G.F Smith papers with 55 dazzling colours!

We're also giving you much more opportunity to showcase your collages in CC Magazine as you'll (most likely) have spare G.F Smith papers from your challenge, you'll now be able to submit any additional works continuously. Whether you use it as a morning warm up or and evening wind down we guarantee that the stunning colour and exceptional quality of the G.F Smith papers will get you inspired to create!

Here are a few collages from last month's issue that we think you'll love:

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To take part in this challenge head over to our website (link in bio) for more information. See more of last month's G.F Smith featured collages in issue #31 of Contemporary Collage Magazine along with our other brilliant challenges and incredibly talented featured artists!

18/04/2024

Paul Henderson was a double winner in the 2023 Contemporary Collage Magazine Awards, earning himself top spot in the Commissioned Collage and Series Categories. Henderson’s work is bright, joyful and intricate, and we can see why our judges voted him as their winner! We asked Paul to choose six of his collages and to share some insights into the making of each piece.

Read Paul’s interview is Issue #31 of Contemporary Collage Magazine, head to our website to subscribe for just £6 a month or to purchase the magazine as a single issue. To see more of Paul’s work head to his instagram:

31/03/2024

🏆 Congratulations to Jelle Van Den Heede, a winner of the CC Awards ‘Type Series' category 🏆

Jelle's typo series, titled ‘Words don't come easy’, in her own words "is an attempt to visualise the unspoken. That which is difficult to find words for. What is hidden or concealed but despite all attempts to repress it, still surfaces again. This can be about emotions or memories, traumas, etc. It's about the things you can read between the lines, if you look or listen carefully."

You can see the full Awards gallery on our website - link in bio.

Congratulations to Jelle .vandenheede and everyone else who took part in the Annual Contemporary Collage Awards 2023 - We received a tremendous amount of incredible submissions this year and it is our pleasure to showcase the unique talents of the 2023

31/03/2024

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26/02/2024

🏆 We're pleased to share the work of Greta Boesel, one of the winners of our 'Innovation' category.🏆

Greta's work caught our judges eye with her unique form of digital collage, created from photographs taken from a trip to Iceland in 2022/23, Greta Boesel has developed a fascinating and inventive collage style. Using musical notes that are linked with randomly assigned colours, shapes and images; Greta uses her own photographic imagery to create a visual maps of songs.

Here's what Greta had to say:

"The pieces shown here, representing three songs in the contemporary ambient/atmospheric genre, are digital collages created from photographs I took during that trip and a second visit in March 2023. In each piece, individual photographs were assigned to each musical note and arranged according to the melody of the song; the resulting composite images were then layered, resized, deconstructed and colorized to achieve the final design."

You can see the full Awards gallery on our website - link in bio.

Congratulations to Greta and everyone else who took part in the Annual Contemporary Collage Awards 2023 - We received a tremendous amount of incredible submissions this year and it is our pleasure to showcase the unique talents of the 2023 winners.

23/02/2024

Born in Argentina and trained at the National University of Cuyo, Patrizia has lived in Italy since 1990. In her atelier house in Florence she has made numerous collaborations in publications supporting the visual artistic aspect as well as recently published Floriolarium – a fantastical herbarium art book – together with her sister and writer, Claudia Bertini.

To read Patrizia's 10 questions, head to our websiteto purchase your copy of issue #29 of CC magazine. You can also see more of Patrizia's work work on her Instagram page: .bertini

22/02/2024

Good News!!

There’s still a selection of our CC Magazine Challenges up for grabs, there’s a brilliant selection of materials to suit all collage styles.

Why not use them as a warm up to get your creativity flowing, as a way to trial new techniques or simply have fun challenging yourself to some of our creative briefs.

Don’t hesitate as stocks are running low, grab your pack of wonderful G.F Smith papers or a quality vintage magazine filled with unique graphics and texts on well aged paper, head to our website to get yours.

If you’ve taken part in one of these challenges in the past, share your thoughts on how much you enjoyed taking part in the comment section below.

20/02/2024

🏆 We're pleased to share the work of Romain Pouyau, one of the winners of our 'Portrait: Single Image' category.🏆

Romain's collage was made as a tribute to a French poem by Paul Éluard. Here's what Romain had to say:

"C’est à partir de toi que j’ai dit oui au monde » is a poem about love and my collage is also about passion. How love can drive us upside down and how art is a wonderful way of expressing it. The feelings (the bad and the good) are sometimes so intense that only art can reflect it. I love how love can make you feel the world in another way. And how the absence of love make you feel the opposite."

You can see the full Awards gallery on our website - link in bio.

Congratulations to Romain .pouyau and everyone else who took part in the Annual Contemporary Collage Awards 2023 - We received a tremendous amount of incredible submissions this year and it is our pleasure to showcase the unique talents of the 2023 winners.

16/02/2024

At the beginning of things there is always a spark. For Jamie and Rubén, it was the damaging effects of time over paper that inspired them. The faded colours, the paper folds, the tears, the dusty and stained imagery our eyes usually tend to disregard. They saw romance in the imperfections, despite the strong basement smell.

A 12 year journey is something to behold, in issue #29 we take a look at the extraordinary works of Jamie Tao & Rubén Salavert as they display the wonderful qualities of vintage paper. So far, they have handmade a total of 101 mixed media collages that are inspired by 101 different things.

Read the full article in Issue #29 of Contemporary Collage Magazine, head to our website to subscribe for just £6 a month or to purchase the magazine as a single issue. You can see more of the collages created by Electric Beast on their instagram:

14/02/2024

🏆 Congratulations to Pascal Verzijl , the winner of the CC Awards ‘Portrait Series' category 🏆

Pascal’s unique weird and wonderful collage portraits and fresh approach to collage really stood out to our judges. Taking images from magazines that have no reference to his subject matter, Pascal manages to craft compelling works of art and create incredible characturful collages. Here’s what Pascal had to say:

“I search for the right elements using materials from books and magazines to form a composition that transcends the individual subjects depicted. By carefully bringing together these elements, I aim to create portraits that are cohesive, visually engaging, and emotionally resonant.”

You can see the full Awards gallery on our website - link in bio.

Congratulations to Pascal and everyone else who took part in the Annual Contemporary Collage Awards 2023 - We received a tremendous amount of incredible submissions this year and it is our pleasure to showcase the unique talents of the 2023 winners.

12/02/2024

Sonia Boué is an Anglo-Spanish artist and writer based in Oxford, England. A background in art therapy and history of art informs her work, which encompasses both solo and participatory projects. Sonia turned to collage making during the pandemic to explore her neurodivergent identity, marking a conscious departure from previous work. She has recently self-published a book about her creative method called Neurophototherapy for neurodivergent people and anyone seeking to explore their true identity in new and creative ways with readily available collage materials.

To read Sonia's full article in Issue #29 of Contemporary Collage Magazine, head to our website to subscribe for just £6 a month or to purchase the magazine as a single issue.

You can also see more of Sonia's work on her Instagram page:

01/02/2024

"This month's theme is: 🍎 Fruit 🍊

If your collage includes a peach, plum or pear, be sure to give it a share!
If your work contains cherry, berry or citrus, then definitely send it to us.
If your work is off a damson, grape or date - don't hesitate to participate.
If your piece centres around banana, mango or honey dew, then we might feature you!

Okay enough fruit rhymes - You’ve got until the 25th Feb to send your juicy collages to us. Head to our website for the full submission guide on how to submit your work.

We’ll put together a selection of fruity collages from artists previously featured in Contemporary Collage Magazine to give you some inspiration!

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31/01/2024

One of the topics we often talk to collage artists about is the size they work at. Canadian collagist, Sarah.snip.snip works on a very small scale. Her substrates are postage stamps. We talked to Sarah to zoom in and take a closer look at her work.

You can read Sarah's article in the first printed issue of Contemporary Collage Magazine - Limited stock is still available so don't miss out on getting your copy!

The printed magazine is features completely new and exclusive content and is not a replica of the digital issue! You can also see more of Sarah's work on her Instagram page - .snip.snip

31/01/2024

🏆 Congratulations to Paul Henderson, a winner of the CC Awards 'Series' category 🏆

Paul’s series gave our judges a treat with his use of vibrant colours, textured layers and eclectic source materials. We loved Paul’s submissions to our CC Awards and are thrilled to have him as a double winner - Series / Commissions.

“I try to create visually dynamic works, held together by tensions between surface pattern, graphic elements, and pictorial illusion. My hope is to make work that is open, poetic, optically interesting, and asks questions.”

“Heroes & Leaders is a series hand-cut, analog, paper collages that use a variety of found imagery to explore relationships between art history, masculinity, and systems of power and capital. The collages combine art historical material, children’s books, illustrated encyclopedias, religious texts, and vintage print material, physically and psychically processing an unceasing repository of images, the news cycle, popular culture, and religion. This synthesis of disparate source material creates strange and lyrical images that are simultaneously critical, ambiguous, humorous, poetic, and visually dynamic.”

You can see the full Awards gallery on our website - link in bio.

Congratulations to Paul - and everyone else who took part in the Annual Contemporary Collage Awards 2023 - We received a tremendous amount of incredible submissions this year and it is our pleasure to showcase the unique talents of the 2023 winners.

30/01/2024

If there’s one name that comes up time and time again when we ask artists about their influences, it’s Kurt Schwitters. Schwitters is a giant of 20th Century collage. His unique approach, utilising everyday found materials straddled Dadaism, Constructivism, Surrealism and graphic design. We asked you to tell us what Kurt Schwitters work meant to you.

Read the full article in Issue #28 of Contemporary Collage Magazine, head to our website to subscribe for just £6 a month or to purchase the magazine as a single issue.

27/12/2023

25/12/2023

Happy Christmas everyone! 🎄

We hope you have a great day wherever and however you celebrate! Les, Molly and Wilf

06/12/2023

We first featured Thomas Schneider’s work in Issue #7 of Contemporary Collage Magazine and we loved his work so much that we thought he deserved a spot in the first printed issue of the magazine.

Thomas deconstructs billboard paste-ups and posters, then reworks them to create graphic and minimal collages that are simply beautiful in composition. We recently got back in touch with Thomas to see how his work has developed and evolved since the last time we spoke.

Pre-order your copy of Contemporary Collage Magazine in print via our website to read Thomas’s full article! Do so by the 8th of December and you’ll be in with a chance to win one of 50 prizes! Full details on our website.

Contemporary Collage Magazine ships worldwide, the Printed Issue is not a duplicate of the digital magazine and contains completely new and exclusive content.                                              

30/11/2023

We’ve been admirers of Hollie Chastain’s work for a while now, with her whimsical compositions and witty approach, so to feature her collages in the first printed issue of Contemporary Collage Magazine is an honour! We spoke to Hollie about her approach to collage, the journey she’s taken and most importantly, about the people pile!

You can read Hollie’s article in the first printed issue of Contemporary Collage Magazine - pre-order from our website before the 8th of Dec to guarantee your copy.

The printed magazine is features completely new and exclusive content and is not a replica of the digital issue! You can also see more of Hollie’s work on her Instagram page -

                                           

24/11/2023

As a special Black Friday Treat - we're giving away 3 copies of the first printed edition of Contemporary Collage Magazine!

To enter, all you need to do is head to Instagram and:
Follow us -
Tag 3 friends in the comments below

For an extra entry, share one of our posts announcing the new printed magazine!

The winners will be drawn on Monday the 27th of November on our Instagram stories.

Good Luck!

17/11/2023

You asked for it and now it’s almost here.

We’re delighted and excited to announce that the first printed issue of Contemporary Collage Magazine is on its way!

It’s designed, artworked and pretty much ready for the printers. But now we need your help.

Printing the magazine is a costly business and we have no idea how many to print. So, we’re asking you to pre-order. That will help us reduce the risk (we’re a very small company!) and help us be more accurate with the print run.

We’ll print a few extras, of course, but the only way to guarantee your copy is to pre-order.

The deadline for orders is Friday 8th December.

As a reward for pre-ordering, we have 50, yes FIFTY prizes to give away. Once you’ve pre-ordered you’ll be automatically entered into our prize draw, with prizes including original collages and lifetime membership to CC. magazine. Check our website for details.

Our first printed issue is packed to the rafters with full-on inspiration from some of the world’s leading collage artists.






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The magazines will ship in time for Christmas - perhaps a present for yourself! Don’t be disappointed - pre-order your copy NOW!

https://www.contemporarycollagemagazine.com/magazines/p/ccm-print-1

29/08/2023

The kids are back to school next week, you've made it through the summer, why not treat yourself to our Exploring Collage Art workshop? Come and spend the day with us collaging, relaxing, and let those creative juices flow!

Head to https://www.contemporarycollagemagazine.com/regular-workshops/p/exploring-collage-art to book your space!

06/03/2023

🔥 OUR NEW TEN LAYERS CHALLENGE IS READY TO DOWNLOAD 🔥

If you want to be involved in this digital challenge, all you need to do is head to the link in our linktree, read the brief and download the Photoshop file, then get stuck in and have fun!! Send your creations back to us by the 25th Feb for the chance to be featured in Issue  #19 of Contemporary Collage Magazine - we can’t wait to see what you come up with!

P.S You will need access to Photoshop (or a photo-editing program) to be able to get involved in this challenge.

P.P.S You can find a full guide to submitting your work on our highlights or via the link tree in our bio


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27/02/2023

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15/02/2023

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