The Art of Vintage Journaling and Collage: Techniques and Inspiration for Working with Antique Ephemera

by Maryjo Koch, Sunny Koch

The Art of Vintage Journaling and Collage is a distinctive guidebook exploring the art of collage and journaling using unique, collected ephemera from antique stores, flea markets, secondhand shops, and even your own home to unlock your creativity.

Capture your thoughts in handmade, illustrated travel journals, recipe keepsake books, and nature and garden sketchbooks and create stunning collages to frame or use as note cards and gift tags to share with family and friends. The Art of Vintage Journaling and Collage presents Maryjo and Sunny Koch's gorgeous work from their books, Vintage Collage-Works and Vintage Collage Journals .

There are more than 75 different collage project ideas and over 14 complete journal projects. Basic techniques and project details are illustrated through step-by-step photos and a gallery is included at the back of the book containing ready-to-use vintage clip art. All levels of artist or hobbyist will find this an inspirational and invaluable book.

Genres: Art, Crafts, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Marcie Lovett]

More step-by-step projects than techniques, with beautiful photos of finished projects. I was frustrated because the projects shown used specific materials, didn't realize until I finished the book that there were several pages of clip art at the back for you to duplicate each. Good for beginners who want to copy the author's style. I didn't learn anything, but did admire the pictures. I read the ebook, which was challenging because it was simply copies of each page of the book and you had to enlarge each one as you went. Made it annoying to flip back and forth.

[Vivian Wiltshire]

I enjoyed this book...lots of inspiration and I really enjoyed the clip art at the back of the book. Not my favourite of this type of book but had a few good suggestions. I gave this book 3.5 out of 5 stars!

[Jamie]

Beautiful book! Easy to follow along techniques. Other than sourcing your own paper, journals, collage ephemera, etc… materials for making projects are easy to find in most hobby stores. Very inspiring, through & through!

[Karen]

Lots of inspiration but not much on techniques. This book makes assumptions about the level of experience its readers have and jumps past basic techniques involving adhesives and various mediums.

[Bridget]

Great book lots of ideas and clip art in back of book.

[Denise]

Gorgeous book full of inspiration. I will use the tips shown here with copies of my family ephemera to create some beautiful family gifts.