Skapande

I found some old pictures at my parents which I thought would be nice to make collages of. I don’t use the original photos, just a copy of them. Anyhow, the photos are from my grandmother’s youth. It’s her and her brothers and sisters and some photos of my mother and my uncle as children and my grandfather too.

Anyhow, the collage I have made contains pictures of one of my grandmother’s sisters and her husband, Siri and Karl. The meet and fell in love in Stockholm in the end of the 40’s, at least I think it’s still were the 40’s. And they are still in love and alive after all this years. And they are my favourite relatives; they are so kind, sweet and wise only in the way old people can be. Karl or Kalle as we call him is a great woodworker too. They are two of the now living relatives I will miss so much when they not are around any more apart from my grandmother of course. Yes, know that no one can live for ever, but this are two of them I will miss devoutly.

Like I also do with my mothers parents, which became my so far best collage I think.

In the collage I have tried to use some different techniques, because it’s one thing I think is difficult with making collages. So in this one I have really tried to use a lot more colours than I have in the other once I have made. I have used a photo that I sandpapered and painted on, and I also used colour on a printing of one of the photos I made on ordinary paper. The background is old paper from a magazine and some other printings I made. I feel satisfied that I manage to carry out the thoughts I had of using more technique than I have done so far. Also think that the collage turned out rather good to be my first time really trying to use more than just paper from magazines, other pictures and text. Like with this one about the spring for example, even if I’m pleased with the result.

Maybe it was written in the stars