Finding Your Creative Voice through Collage
The Collage Technique
A course by Hanoch Piven , Mixed Media Artist
About the video: The Collage Technique
Overview
“ Let us look at the definition of collage and see that it is an assemblage of factors (forms, objects) that are not usually associated with each other. Collage is a beautiful way to create portraits, first of all because it is easy: anybody can do it. Collage is about stepping away from a commanding voice of authority that decides what’s right and what’s not. We carefully gather and collect and slowly build an image using our own set of rules. Collage can be seen as a deeper idea, as a metaphor for an individual, who is a unique combination of different factors, experiences, triumphs and failures, places and people. ”
In this video lesson Hanoch Piven addresses the topic: The Collage Technique, which is part of the Domestika online course: Finding Your Creative Voice through Collage. Discover a playful process to unleash and expand your creativity through the creation of portraits.
Partial transcription of the video
“THE COLLAGE TECHNIQUE In this lesson I would like to talk to you about collage. Let's look at the definition. Collage is an assemblage, is a grouping of elements, of forms, of objects, that, once they are put together, they create something new and unique. It comes from the French word "coller". It's a very easy process, and over the years I've seen many children and adults create self-portraits this way, and, as you can see, they are very, very happy with their creations. I like to thing of collage as a beautiful metaphor for an individual. Each one of us is made out of so many factors tha...”
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Course summary for: Finding Your Creative Voice through Collage
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Collage, Creating with Kids
Hanoch Piven
A course by Hanoch Piven
Hanoch Piven is an award-winning illustrator, educator, and seasoned creative instigator. Piven’s artwork is unique in both form and method. By reinventing the meaning and use of everyday objects he forges associations between these and the subject of his creation.
Piven's art is playful, inclusive, and transformative. Since 1992, Piven's work has been published in newspapers and magazines across the world, such as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, London Times, Der Spiegel, and Israel's Haaretz. Piven is also the author of a series of award-winning children's books and apps, TV shows, interactive exhibitions, and advertising campaigns.
Piven has lectured extensively on creativity and its applications to life in diverse platforms across the world. Amongst them are The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Business School, Teach for All Global Conference, Duke University, The School of Visual Arts, China Academy of Fine Arts, Art Center of Design, Instituto Europeo di Design, and many more.
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