Collage Series #9: The Birds Sing a Pretty Song and There is Always Music in the Air

This week i've been working on this little series of collages using some bad monoprints i made a while ago.  They are all a combination of monoprinting on an old music book page, rubber stamping, cut outs from an old sewing book, and machine sewing. I have to send one of these to Andrew for his show in PA.
find them on etsy if you like here.

CollageSeries #8: ...and we danced

Elizabeth Castaldo
"and we danced" 2011

I made this one during the blackout yesterday afternoon in the slowly fading light. luckily our power came back on by 8:30. Made on a random page in my sketchbook that just had that leaf cutout text page glued to it, i guess waiting for something good to happen to it. I used that weird cat paper to make the face of the moon and this cute vintage clipping for the dancers. the tree is drawn in ink with some stitching through it thats a little hard to see in the scan. Not bad for half light huh.

Sketchbook Project!

Just started on my sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project at the Brooklyn Art Library!

Collage Series #8: Heron in the Water

Elizabeth Castaldo
"Heron in the Water" 2011

This collage is based on a photo I took in the Everglades of a Heron standing in the water. Lillypads and plants all over.

See it on Etsy here.

Collage Series #7: HS Yearbook

Elizabeth Castaldo
"HS Yearbook" 2011

The first piece in the collage series brought to you from Atlanta GA! Its been about two months since I've posted. we're finally settled in here in Atlanta, so Here is the latest installment...
Made with some old silkscreen separations i used a few years ago, layered together with a bottom layer of watercolor and some ink drawing and colored pencil. The portrait is from my mom's high school yearbook photo. I like the retro feel it has...
view on Etsy here.

Blerg! update....

I've had a couple of people ask me whats been going on with the semi weekly collage series here so heres the deal. I'm in limbo... ugh. and it sucks. The exciting news is that Joe and I will be moving to Atlanta GA at the end of June! I will be going to Grad school at SCAD Atlanta starting in the fall. woohoo!

meanwhile, i had to move into Joe's apartment temporarily and all my stuff is packed and there is no space, which isnt really an excuse for not working on 4 x 6 collages, but really i've just been going a little crazy. i'm still working on things slowly but surely, and in the mean time here is a little something to keep your eyes busy for a minute.... a monoprint i did last fall, part of a small body of work not many people have seen. Enjoy and i'll be in touch soon!

Elizabeth Castaldo
"Sewing" monoprint 2010


Find it on Etsy, here!

Weekly Collage Series #6: If a Tree Falls

Elizabeth Castaldo
If a Tree Falls 2011

The sixth piece in my weekly collage series entitled "If a Tree Falls" started out with two scraps of paper that looked nice next to eachother. then i thought hey that looks like a tree trunk on its side. i love adding sewn elements into my work so i stitched in some red leaves scattering onto the ground. simple and abstract. 

If you'd like to purchase this piece, click here.