The Love Cats

I recently waxed poetic on my love of collage.

I also have a deep fondness for simple household things, like plants and cats.

To which I am allergic.

(Cats. Not plants.)

Fortunately for me, and, of course, for you all, too, Chicago artist Stephen Eichhorn has combined these last two in a series of delightfully amusing collaged images.

All the furry fun, none of the allergies.

Hope this starts your week with a smile.

xo

My Back Pages

I've never been able to draw particularly well, or paint a picture, but I've been known to piece together a pretty mean collage.

But that big boot I made in high school, the boot shaped from dozens of pictures of shoes, it doesn't even begin to hold a candle to the collages of Nathalie Boutté.

Hell, the boot couldn't even light the match for the proverbial candle's flame.

The self-taught French artist uses recycled maps, old encyclopedias, tissue and colored papers to create beautiful, ethereal paper images.

The papers are cut into long strips before being layered into a collage, giving the works an added element of texture and movement.

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Hope your week is a cut above.

xo

Iconatomy

What, you may be pondering, is Iconatomy?

Funny you should ask.

Iconatomy (icon, anatomy) is Swedish artist George Chamoun's seriously cool series of collages of Hollywood icons, present and past.

Chamoun tediously fitted together the images of his cleverly combined subjects. No digital morphing whatsoever.

The results are absolutely brilliant, don'tcha think?

xo