with unread piles of fashion mags stacked everywhere in my studio I started organizing by tearing them up systemically. First I remove the subscription cards that fall out or must be torn out of their perforation. Then I tear out ALL the perfume ads-these are the evil page and a 16th with a gummed flap sprayed with the foul combo of civet and bergamot. They are thicker pages than the magazine and are usually the first you come across when ‘thumbing’ thru the mag. They go straight into the garbage!

Next I look for the skinniest most immaciated models and cut them out for zetti collage.

Then if I need an assorted body part I go thru it again and grab those and if I see any big EYES or MOUTHS~ those get cut out too. Last but not least: Any time the text is downright obscene and is larger than a 32 pt font it gets cut out for the scrap bin for letters and verse.

Random quote author unknown: “Great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget”..background K&Co card stock design enhanced by watercolor pencil. The underfed models from W, Vogue, Elle, and Marie Claire. all images hand colored with pen and acrylics. glitter applied to random spots where glue did not dry correctly. piece then altered in collage creator to add painted effect. completed in two stages. art work took about 6 hours.