Geometric Collage without Anaesthesia
Photographic material
A course by Susana Blasco , Graphic Designer and Collage Artist
About the video: Photographic material
Overview
“In this lesson I will insist on the importance of having a good original photographic material. How to find it and the different types of old photographs with which I work. ”
In this video lesson Susana Blasco addresses the topic: Photographic material, which is part of the Domestika online course: Geometric Collage without Anaesthesia. Four photographic collage techniques to illustrate a title.
Partial transcription of the video
“You might be curious why I'm on the floor. In this lesson. i'll discuss photographic materials. It's for my creative process. When I begin working on a collage. i lay out nearly all my materials on the floor since this is the sole area that allows me to examine potential similarities among photographs. I check whether they have similar appearances. consider their sizes and themes. and determine if they might complement each other So. well. as I mentioned before. I enjoy working with original and vintage photographs in my creative process. I never use photocopies or prints; I always cut the ...”
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Course summary for: Geometric Collage without Anaesthesia
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Collage, Fine Arts, Paper Craft

Susana Blasco
A course by Susana Blasco
Susana Blasco is a graphic designer, illustrator, and collagist born in Zaragoza, Spain. She has degrees in both advertising and business studies, which she complemented with art and design courses. She then worked as a graphic designer and art director for more than ten years in different advertising studios and agencies. After moving to London in 2008, where she remained until 2011, she began alternating freelance work with her studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. She spent the next few years dividing her time between Zaragoza and Berlin, before settling in Bilbao.
Throughout her career she has received several awards and her work has formed part of numerous individual and group exhibitions, being reviewed in different specialized media outlets. In 2007, she founded her own graphic studio and received a DPZ Award to expand her artistic studies overseas.
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