Paper Weaving and Quilting

Here are some little ripped paper weavings and some little cut-out quilts made from discarded magazine pages and cat food labels.

Pages from my ripped paper collage book

With all the paper we come across everyday, there are great collage materials literally everywhere. These are just ripped up paper on brown paper grocery bags.  Some of the papers come from my collection of fancier handmade papers, but the rest come from magazines or discarded papers that caught my eye in the recycling bin.  Instead of focusing on the actual images when I browse through magazines looking for good collage materials, I focus on colors, shapes, and textures.  

Found Mask

I came across this mask in a parking lot. It's actually one of those cardboard drink carriers that had been run over repeatedly by cars and looked exactly like this when I found it.  I tried inking it and running it through a press, but I actually liked the original untouched find better.