Floor Art - Mixed Media Collage

What is floor art?  It's art made with scraps of paper and other "trash" on my craft table and on the floor below.  I am notoriously bad about cleaning up after myself, so in time I end up with quite a mess.  But eventually it gets to the point that even I can't stand it, so while in the process of doing some cleaning tonight, I took a break and put some of those scraps to good use.

My base was a 4x6 index card.  I used a glue stick to adhere the various patterned papers, book text and sheet music to the base.  The little half circle at the top is a scrap leftover from a Gelli Plate print I made, and you probably recognize the snippet of an old library catalog card in the middle.  I used gel medium to adhere the piece of punchinella and to seal the entire piece.

I find the process of cleaning my space very inspiring.  As I come across various scraps, I sometimes am reminded of the original project they came from.  But more often, I simply see new ways to combine those scraps to create something completely different.

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