The Art of Personal Imagery: Expressing Your Life Through Collage [Paperback]

Corey Moortgat (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 19, 2007

Express yourself—and celebrate your life—with collage.

The Art of Personal Imagery introduces a fresh approach to collage, one that blends traditional methods with innovative new techniques for capturing your favorite moments and most treasured memories in your artwork. Step by step, author Corey Moortgat teaches you the secrets to adding visual and emotional depth to your collage:

• Commemorate special occasions by transforming mementos into clever collage elements.
• Add meaning to your work with written sentiments about your friends and family.
• Use painting and paper layering techniques to blend a glossy modern photo with vintage ephemera.
  
  
• Stage your own photo shoot to capture images perfect for your artwork.
• Find your personal symbols with creative exercises to unlock your subconscious mind.

Push yourself beyond impersonal collage! Create beautiful artwork that honors your loved ones and glows with your essence.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Corey Moortgat works primarily in collage, with her favorite subjects being personal imagery, old photographs, nudes, any vintage papers she can find, and most recently, her newest muses: her son, Riley, and her second baby on the way. Her work has been featured in Somerset Studio, Artitude Zine, and the books StampArtistry, Frame It!, Kaleidoscope and Artist Trading Cards Workshop. She has taught many small classes at local art supply stores and at ArtFest.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (October 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581809905
• ISBN-13: 978-1581809909
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #502,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars jumpstart your creativity, December 10, 2007

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K. Solheim "solheimk" (Stanford, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I've been reading Corey's blog for years and when I heard she was putting out a book, I was skeptical. THough I adore the books she made for her little boys (having a little boy myself!), sometimes I felt her art just was not my style. I was pleasantly surprised and impressed when I bought the book. Her book is one of very few art books that I read cover to cover. Lots of interesting tips and discussion about art-making techniques and how to incorporate your own photos into art. I'm a little tired of seeing black and white photocopies of vintage photos in everyone's art, so I was happy to read about ways of taking and manipulating your own photos to use in a similar way. This is also a beautifully laid out book. The publisher did a great job in making it easy on the eyes. I heartily recommend it.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this Book!, October 30, 2007

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J. Beninato - See all my reviews
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I just recieved this book and I have to say that I am very impressed with the overall quality of the book. The artwork itself is amazing...it is not generic like a lot of the collage work you see today. The author uses her own style and personal imagery to guide you through many of the process oriented examples in the book. I like a book that has a good balance of "how to" and inspiring eye candy. As another reviewer mentioned, if you don't like her style, you may find her samples somewhat similar, but I personally feel as if you learn more about her as an artist...she is not trying to do 10 different "styles", she is being true to her self and her art. As a photographer, I am always interested in new ways to incorporate my own photos into my art journals and I found this book to be wonderfully motivating.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for scrapbookers, February 11, 2008

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Plein Jane (new england) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art of Personal Imagery: Expressing Your Life Through Collage (Paperback)

And to think I almost missed this book because I thought it was just another cluttered-looking volume about scrapbooking. Shudder! This is a fantastically useful art book for anyone who wants to learn about painting great backgrounds, altering photographs, using personal symbols, and more. I highly recommend it to beginning artists and experienced painters who want to give their work a newer and more exciting look!