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collageart.org

a website dedicated to collage art and collage artists. various resources including bibliography, exhibition opportunities, workshop opportunities, and links to the websites of collage artists.

collagemuseum.com

Mapping the Trail  'The only thing an artist gets to keep is his trail.'  Cecil Touchon...So the more documented, the more breadcrumbs, the better. Otherwise it all slips into oblivion.This article started as an email exchange with artist James White who was asking about putting his collage works into a catalog. By the time I finished writing back I realized a lot of other artists might want to follow this program for their own body of work.These days it is so easy to document your artistic trail it is just a matter of organizing oneself to do it step by step so it doesn't get out of hand. Click here to support our efforts Keeping Your Ducks All in a Row CORRESPONDENCE - Eventually I need to talk to you about putting all of my collages into one book. Just to point me in the right direction. God knows I have enough to fill one. James WhiteThe Best Logic is Chronologic. Cecil TouchonThe important thing before working on a book is inventorying your artworks with a consistent global numbering system in chronological order. The number should be written on the back of the artwork and the same number in all digital files of that work.Do it like this:When a work is completed sign the back of it, put the date of completion and the unique inventory number for that year.Scan or photograph each work, give the digital the same inventory file name and keep them all in the same folder, also chronological by the year.  Each year should be its own folder. On your computer it might be something like /main artist folder/catalog raisonne/2020/,  /main artist folder/catalog raisonne/2021/, etc.The digital images should be of two sorts, the original digital photo and an edited, book sized digital.Number them in a way that they all fall into order in the folder with the original digital, the book formatted digital at 300.dpi which can also be the web digital. I number mine like I number the museum archives which is 2020.001,  2020.002,  2020.003 etc. Then I no