collaging
Combining cut images
Collaging is the activity of making collages—compositions assembled from diverse fragments like photos, clippings, and found materials.
The term extends beyond visual art to any creative combining of disparate elements: She spent the afternoon collaging images for her vision board.
Writers speak of collaging text, musicians of collaging samples.
Pressed pulp for writing
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
- glueBonding substance
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- photographsLight-captured images
fabric · ephemera · textiles · embellishments · canvas · substrate · gesso · acrylics
Forming successive strata
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- pastingAdhering with sticky substance
- arrangingSystematically positioning elements
composition · assemblage · overlapping · positioning · transferring · stenciling · tearing · adhering
Creating decorated keepsake albums
- papercraftMaking things from paper
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- dadaismAbsurdist artistic movement
cubism · abstraction · expressionism · assemblage · mosaic · handmade · creativity · design
Book for preserving mementos
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
- mementoToken of recollection
photograph · souvenir · nostalgia · reminiscence · recollection · archive · yearbook · heirloom
Digitally manipulate images
- layersStacked levels or coatings
- compositingCombining visual elements digitally
- filtersSelective passage barriers
- blendingCombining into uniformity
manipulation · graphics · editing · software · procreate · brushes · transparency · masking
paper
Pressed pulp for writing
photographs · fabric · ephemera · textiles · embellishments · canvas · substrate · gesso · acrylics · varnish
layering
Forming successive strata
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- pastingAdhering with sticky substance
arranging · composition · assemblage · overlapping · positioning · transferring · stenciling · tearing · adhering · photomontage
scrapbooking
Creating decorated keepsake albums
- papercraftMaking things from paper
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
dadaism · cubism · abstraction · expressionism · assemblage · mosaic · handmade · creativity · design · aesthetic
scrapbook
Book for preserving mementos
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
memento · photograph · souvenir · nostalgia · reminiscence · recollection · archive · yearbook · heirloom · tribute
photoshop
Digitally manipulate images
- layersStacked levels or coatings
- compositingCombining visual elements digitally
- filtersSelective passage barriers
blending · manipulation · graphics · editing · software · procreate · brushes · transparency · masking · rendering
collagingpainting
Pigment on canvas
drawing · sketching · brushwork · mark-making · freehand drawing
collagingunifying
Making disparate elements one
synthesizing · integrating · homogenizing · deconstructing · disassembling
collage, montage, collages, decoupage, collaged, photocollage