• About
  • SHOP
  • Portfolio
  • Blog
  • Stockists
  • Collab
  • Contact
Menu

Dainty Dora

  • About
  • SHOP
  • Portfolio
  • Blog
  • Stockists
  • Collab
  • Contact
Mind-Map.jpg

Collage Club: More MAPS

December 7, 2014

The theme of MAPS is so inspiring, I couldn't stop at one collage. With this second interpretation, I stuck more to the style of my other collage work, but also kept it quite simple.

I like the idea of everything interconnecting - in life and in the world, like the '6 degrees of separation' theories, and synchronicity/serendipity.

The images at the end of each line of inter-connectedness - like an underground 'map', represent explosions of thought (in the stamps), the Masked Lovebird (for the thought of finding your 'soul mate' through the network of people you already know), and the key makes me think of maps unlocking secrets, or the 90's song 'The key, The secret'.

MAPS themed collage

I loved the paint splashes image and again it reiterated 'explosions of thought'.

The airmail envelope represents sending letters; writing to friends or lovers, and maintaining connections throughout life or perhaps even writing to strangers. The same with the train ticket - journeys, visits, adventure and travel to new places within the connected confines of the  'map of the world'. Travel comes to us as friends and family move around; the diaspora of life.

The Leica brand is synonymous with photography of course, and so it represents living life 'through the lens'. Photographs map out lives, families and relationships, and are shared with an infinite number of people in some circumstances, through social media sites.

The gift tag was left blank because the number of connections in each life are too numerous to document, and the gift of love or friendship can and is, exchanged over and over, often in layers throughout one life.

Profound thoughts for a collage! And I'm still inspired to create more for this theme.

View my other collage for MAPS.

Join the Collage Club on Facebook page.

In Collage Tags 6 degrees of separation, interconnected, keys, letters, maps, serendipity, synchronicity, travel
← Inside the Palace of VersaillesBright & cheerful surprises in the mail →
 
 

Latest Posts

Featured
Hannah Frank 110th Birthday Exhibition
Feb 8, 2019
Hannah Frank 110th Birthday Exhibition
Feb 8, 2019
Feb 8, 2019
The Sea, The Sea: New Year Walk on Nairn Beach
Jan 12, 2019
The Sea, The Sea: New Year Walk on Nairn Beach
Jan 12, 2019
Jan 12, 2019
Festive Messages
Dec 31, 2018
Festive Messages
Dec 31, 2018
Dec 31, 2018
Christmas @ Liberty of London 2018
Dec 24, 2018
Christmas @ Liberty of London 2018
Dec 24, 2018
Dec 24, 2018
Character Creation @ Oliver Bonas
Oct 28, 2018
Character Creation @ Oliver Bonas
Oct 28, 2018
Oct 28, 2018
Dainty Dora @ Scottish Design Exchange Glasgow
Sep 24, 2018
Dainty Dora @ Scottish Design Exchange Glasgow
Sep 24, 2018
Sep 24, 2018
A visit to Drummond Castle Gardens, Crieff
Jul 24, 2018
A visit to Drummond Castle Gardens, Crieff
Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018
A 'Fairytale Garden' for Lilla Rogers' Global Talent Search 2018
Jul 18, 2018
A 'Fairytale Garden' for Lilla Rogers' Global Talent Search 2018
Jul 18, 2018
Jul 18, 2018
Cards & Invitations: Paper or Paperless?
Jun 15, 2018
Cards & Invitations: Paper or Paperless?
Jun 15, 2018
Jun 15, 2018
The Florida Spy - A Graphic Novel Page
Jun 3, 2018
The Florida Spy - A Graphic Novel Page
Jun 3, 2018
Jun 3, 2018

© Copyright 2014-18 Rebecca Johnstone

Privacy Policy  | Terms & Conditions