My first Small Prayer Piece has multiplied; there are now three small prayer pieces in this series of small collage works! This was a fast, furious, and fun project.
These three small prayer pieces are a series, but not a matching set. These arrived one after the other, and incorporate some related scraps from around my studio. The formality of the shapes and balance connect them in spirit.
I made the left piece with the small kneeling figure first. Although I am not religious in any normal sense, this is certainly a praying figure. I rescued her from an old deteriorated artwork left outside as yard art. The collage is on a thin square of door skin plywood that is mounted on a 6.5″ wide by 7″ tall piece of edge wrapped plywood. The piece is nearly 1.5″ in relief with the 1/2″ thick figure. This collage incorporates the now timeworn figure, a circle of metal roofing (from some forgotten project), a fragment of birch bark, and selected pieces of older collagraph prints.
The middle image is Small Prayer Piece #2. This one is made from paper, feather quills, a low relief hot glue drip, and a circular adhesive felt furniture pad accented with metallic paint. It is 6″ by 7.5″ by .75″ deep with the relief.
The final small collage, Small Prayer Piece #3, is on a heavy scrap of dense wood. In addition to painted paper, there are scraps of feather, a rectangle of green linoleum, and delicate scrap of peeled enamel paint from another artwork. This third piece is 5.25″ by 5.1″ by 1″ deep to include the relief items.
