Collage is in my DNA…or vice versa?

collage art using yearbook photosWhy does science keep sneaking into my art? I have no affinity for it. In high school, I tried (unsuccessfully) to convince my physics teacher that molecules didn't exist. I believe in them now, but don't like to think about them…or about other tiny particles that make me up. Like DNA. 


This spread in my art journal started with photos from an old college yearbook. I felt compelled to carve them with an Xacto knife, accidentally producing an homage to one of my favorite artists, Ellen Gallagher, and her huge work Deluxe, which I saw a few months back at the Bellevue Arts Museum.
collage art using yearbook photos

collage art using yearbook photos
I placed the graduates on opposite journal pages, on top of a grey argyle background. I wasn't thinking "DNA" at first. But then, looking for some text, I found strings of chromosomes that looked exactly like writing. Writing that didn't say anything (at least to this non-scientist). After that, everything quickly fell into place.
collage art using yearbook photos

collage art using yearbook photos
Here's the full spread.
collage art using yearbook photos
So collage is in my DNA, and vice versa. 

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  1. Love the way your mind works, Claudia - this is just wonderful!

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    1. Thanks, Win! As long as it keeps working, that's all I care about ; >

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  2. Glad to see that science creeping in- you make it all so fun with your collage!! Great pieces- love them!

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    1. Thanks Jackie! Fun and science, what more could you want? ; >

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