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Collage Dream Last Prompt Weekly nn. 25: #Time_Travel xoxo
This adventure never ends! Join me on the last of the first 25 prompts before we take a break to create a book of this amazing journey. If this is your first prompt or one of many, each class is an entry to endless inspiration. Play with time by revisiting old ideas with a fresh look. These prompts along with art making in general, is the #elixir to boredom and the feeling of disconnectedness. Connect with us here to find curiosity, purpose and community! I want to thank you, this amazing Art Fam that crosses borders, time zones and ages. Thank you for sharing your journey with me and the community. This passion project that started with a conversation with “Matt”, a fantastic artist in England, has grown into a tribe of artists with so much to offer each other and a world so hungry for inspiration. GRACIAS! Luis Martin / The Art Engineer Time travel now by going to collagedream.com and exploring the 25 prompts designed to take you to new places. If you are in the US and want to support my studio consider buying a set of the Paper Roots postcards! Xo https://www.collagedream.com/product-page/paper-roots-postcard-prints Or become a member! There are great things ahead, don't miss out. CollageDream.com LuisMartinArt.com CollageBoss.com
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Secret Gift Link #Inner Child PW20
Meet me in our safe space and let’s invite out inner child out to play. Just for a little while. Join me as I make light of my interesting childhood and find a happy place in my collage. I chat with Elvis about our contrasting experiences and honor a special person in the process. Take this class and have a conversation with your hands. This is invitation to celebrate the best of your childhood or like me, to victoriously wave your hands in the air, having survived with my #inner_child at heart.
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Secret Prompt Weekly 12 #DANCING
#Dancing “Cut paper like you cut a rug.” Make a collage that shows dance in a visual way. Let’s think about movement, pattern, and even mapping. How do we capture dance in space and time? Let’s go deep and imaged how does a tree dance? How does a person in a wheelchair dance? How do you dance with only your hands? Get in the swing and make collage that moves you!
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Secret Prompt Weekly #TATTOO
Prompt Weekly 15 #TATTOO “Rebel’s Beauty” What stories and symbols does your skin tell about you? Make a collage and show us your hidden beauty. In this session we take inspiration from body art and fashion photography. I use limited resources to create something that is a intreccate and exciting to make and look at. Step into the studio as a safe space to explore ideas, have conversation with your hands and make a collage in realtime. Every session is a masterclass in flow and participating in the low risk and high reward of creating something from nothing. Share your work on Instagram by tagging us @collage.dream and use the hashtag #cdpw #analogcollage #artpractice #diycollage #artschool #artclass #collagedream #artstar #artengineer #artprompt #creativity #artschool #getcreative #inspire #artistjourney #artistway #catharsis #harmony #chaos #CDPW
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#BIRDCAGE PW2
What does freedom look like to you? This week’s prompt is: #BIRDCAGE What three things come to mind? Start there. There is now right or wrong answer. Take your studio practice to the next level and buy the class and explore the prompt with me in the studio. In this class I share techniques and own my ideas of freedom and how sometime we choose captivity instead. Take this Collage Dream adventure with us. Share you work and you might get featured. Tag us at @collage.dream It is free to participate in the prompts! Each downloadable “Prompt Weekly” class is only $5 and is yours to keep forever and ever. It is the ideal way to nourish your creative practice and support this passion project.
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#DECONSTRUCTION PW1
Join me in this new offering! Thank you for supporting this Collage Dream in all its branches. Our first week’s prompt is #DECONSTRUCTION, more specifically: How do you make something old, new? In this class we talk about using a 50/50 approach in collaging and looking at an old image to re-imagine it. This prompt is an invitation on a door to your very own paper planet!
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May 2021 Collage Kit Member’s Prompt with Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Let's get into ABSTRACTION! Everything comes from something. Join me as I reference the number "8" to create an abstract collage, based on color, shape and form. Fair warning, not all of your collages will be for public consumption, instagram, or even your wall (like the collage I create in this video)- BUT every collage you make has a lesson that will make your next collage 100x better! Give yourself permission to play outside your comfort zone and let loose. This is a low risk, HIGH REWARD exercise. Share your series and tag us on instagram @Collage.Dream
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March Collage Kit Member’s Prompt with Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
This month I am asking you to grab a big piece of paper. The biggest that fits on your table or even on the floor. Take everything out of your Collage Kit and create on HUGE collage using all the elements in the kit. Think about composition more than theme. Do not be precious, or save anything for later. Use everything now! With scraps of paper as with life itself, we can’t take any of it with us. So enjoy and use it all up. In this video I chose to stack elements like a totem then added more images using symmetry as my guide. You can use color as your guide or even neatly cut everything in your kit and place it all out in the page. You choose, you are the artist. PS we recorded this video after we recorded the Collage Kit Unboxing...
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April 2021 Collage Kit Member’s Prompt with Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Let’s create a series! Artist across time have created series to connect and convey ideas. Think about Andy and Marylyn, Frida and her selfies or Georgia and her flowers. Included in your Member’s April Collage Kit you have received three identical images of a mysterious woman. Use this images as a starting point to create a collage series. What can you add, subtract or draw to connect all three images. She wants to have fun with you, play! Share your series and tag us on instagram @Collage.Dream
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Unboxing August 2021 / Luis Martin / The Art Engineer BLACK+WHITE
This August we are asking you to BRING THE COLOR! Surprise- the whole kit is BLACK and WHITE! Think about Dorothy in the movie of “The Wizard of Oz”, remember what it looked like when she opened the door when she landed in Oz. Open the door! Follow your gut and Enjoy. Become a member today and take the next Collage Dream Adventure with us. *Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly Collage Kit with unique ephemera to trigger you creativity. Subscribe here: https://www.collagedream.com/product-page/collage-kit-subscription *Want to check out the goods before subscribing? Get a “one off” collage kit here. https://www.collagedream.com/product-page/collage-kit *Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world here: https://www.collagedream.com/product-page/collage-therapy There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Unboxing September 2021 / Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
We are taking our creative cues from the fashion world and modeling this month’s collage kit after Vogue magazine’s “September Issue”. Every year the September issue is bursting to the brim with a color and texture overload. Our September Collage Kit aims to do the same! Here you have the best from past and future kits! Look for stickers, dots, letters, black and white images, fashion magazine clippings and much more.
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Unboxing July 2021 / Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
It is July! Come play with me, it’s been a long winter, now summer is here. Grab your July Collage Kit and see what moves you. We explore the goodies Elvis and I brought you from Mexico and some other goodies like dogs, Frida and the Simpsons! Make it a studio summer and collage all season. Watch as I deconstruct a gorgeous image of Frida Kahlo and chat like we had coffee between us. I am glad you are here. Become a member now and join the studio! Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Unboxing June 2021 / Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Let’s unbox the June Collage Kit together. This month members will be getting a little extra something in celebration of my birth month!! Dive in and see where this collage adventure takes you, there will be manga, water, a tennis match and celestial bodies of stars! It will all make sense at the end. Thank you for being part of this passion project and taking this collage dream with us! Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Unboxing October Collage Kit: Altar Invite
Members and Non-Members alike, you are invited to this special Unboxing of the October Collage Kit. This month I am preparing for the Day of the Dead by making a collage altar with the material in this months kits. Make a Day of the Dead collage that celebrates and connects you to loved ones who have passed. Use images, colors and words to affirm our endless connection. Celebrate life remembering the proverbial caterpillar who thought it was the end when suddenly it became a butterfly. Be part of the community and share your collages . *Members are invited to mail in their collages to be part of my physical altar at home. *Artist can share via instagram by tagging us @collage.dream or visit the website: CollageDream.com to email me an image of your collage and be included in a virtual altar. The party never ends in this Collage Dream! _____________ *** __________________ Join the mailing list today at CollageDream.com Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally.
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Unboxing Collage Kit February 2021 / Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Unbox this month's Collage Kit with us. I am creating a safe space to get creative and even a little ugly if necessary. Play your favorite music, grab a candle, incense, and a drink of choice. In this session I make two collages from the material in the pack. This month's pack includes jazz imagery, classic American cars, we go to NYC and London Town while doodling some cartoon animals too. Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Unboxing May 2021 / Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
We are unboxing May's Collage Kit, join in! Come play in the safe space of the studio. I have NEW copyright free music playing, a candle, incense and for good vibes I have my baby niece's shoes with an amethyst stone. We are ready to go! This month we are exploring some American art, magic crystals, celebrating and sending some good vibes to India, and cuttin up some origami paper. It will all make sense in the studio. This will be an adventure for sure! Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Unboxing March 2021 / Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Unbox this month's Collage Kit with us. Come play in the safe space of the studio. I have the music, candle, incense, and my hibiscus tea ready to go. In this session I make a collages from the material in the pack that pushes of my art buttons. This month's pack we are hanging out with vintage Peanuts Ganga, taking a plane to Paris and smelling the tulips, all while looking like Hollywood stars. Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Unboxing April 2021 / Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Unbox this month's Collage Kit with us. Come play in the safe space of the studio. I have the copyright free jazz playing, candle, and my drink of choice today- water. This month I am taking you to 80’s Miami to meet some geishas, escalating some artifacts and geeking out over some stickers. We will all be riding swans to an outer space odyssey while hanging out with mysterious triplets. It will all make sense in the studio. This will be an adventure for sure! Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
Collage Happy Hour
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Mother's Day Card Hatched From an Egg
Its mother's day soon. Were you hatched out of an egg, like me? Lets use that as inspiration to make a silly card any mother would love.
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Collage Happy Hour NYC 4/26/20
I am collaging with vinatge magazines today. Will it come out? Get a cup of coffee and chill out with me as I travel back in time via old magazines, while vibing out to jazz. Let's show up and make something.
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Collage Happy Hour NYC 3/22/20
Stay home. I am all dressed up and ready to collage. I got my coffee and projecting myself to Hawaii and other lush places that await us, if we take care of ourselves and our community!
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Make a collage with "Paper Cut Collage Kit"
Get Creative! Give yourself permission to make something. Play, cut, paste and presto - beauty manifested through collage. No art degree necessary. Everything you need is included. Get your kit at: https://www.collagedream.com/product/paper-cut-collage-kit *each kit has assorted materials from my travels and thrift shop hunts. *each kit has a white cardboard as your substrate or the base for your collage. *each kit comes with double stick adhesive squares to put together your collage. Just bring your personal vision + enthusiasm and voila - you are the artist! FREE SHIPPING on this special item! $10 Check out fellow artist Morgan Bukovec on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morganbukovec/ Also listen to my conversation with her on Studio Confessions Ep 66: Paper Rush https://www.studioconfessions.com/podcast/episode/2d19aed1/morgan-bukovec-paper-rush
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Collage Happy Hour NYC 4/22/20: Collage Journaling
Let me show you how I journal with scraps from my collage practice. This exercise keeps my desgin eye sharp without being too preciouse about the out come, all the while enjoying the process and even writing some poetry.
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Collage Happy Hour NYC 3/29/20: Collage Inspired by Elizabeth Taylor / But not really
I got inspired by an image of Elizabeth Tayor in the 1968 film "Boom!". See what comes out, its defenatly not Elizabeth, but some humor came through and it made me smile. So bring your own coffee and collage to stay sane, and fresh!
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Collage Happy Hour NYC 4/19/20: Safe Space Diorama
Join me it's Collage Happy Hour NYC week number , who cares! Let's explore the third dimension and create a safe space. Using boxes and collage I will show you how to create a diorama inspired by our mental safe spaces to keep as a memento of survival after this scary time in our lives.
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Collage Happy Hour NYC Sunday 3/15/2020
Finding some zen in the developing chaos. Sit with me in the safe space of my studio and let's collage. Let's dig out some magazines, music, and savour the coffee while we cut and rip! I am not alone when I collage, neither are you. xo Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
Paper Cut Vlog
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Paper Cut Vlog 6 : Live Collaging with Luis Martin : The Art Engineer
Join me! I am using just three element to create a collage. I am using: a 17 century art book which I found at a thrift shop, the latest issue of Travel and Leisure and a found book I was gifted. I got my coffee, what will you drink? Grab you collage material, there is much adventure to be had, even from the bubble! Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo #collage #handmade #Gay #divine #DIY #DIYcollage #neyorkart #artschool #artwork #artoftheday #virginmary #artastherapy #books #artstudio #studiolife #originalart #artprocess #quorentinelife #quorentineproject
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Paper Cut Vlog 9: Live Collaging with Luis Martin/ The Art Engineer
Tell your story! In these scary times of unspeakable hate- do not be afraid, do not hide. We are artists and our role is to share. Share your story, my story, our stories- that is the only way we will learn we are all one. Let’s take comfort in our art community and make space for everyones voice. Join me as I collage and extend my safe space to you. Get your studio clutch here: https://www.collagedream.com/product-page/collage-clutch Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Paper Cut Vlog 7: Live Collaging with Luis Martin/ The Art Engineer
Welcome to the (bedroom) studio! I was in a bit of a mood yesterday, so I resorted to cleaning my studio and found my collage journal! Wow! I was so excited to remember how much freedom exists when you create without expectations, and making something for yourself. Join me, I am sharing some entries from my collage journal and make a collage from scraps and a random stack of clipping I have challenged myself to use, come what may. By a print of the collage from the video as a road map to what you can do in your work here: https://www.collagedream.com/product-page/of-love-and-hope Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo #collage #collageDIY #artstudio #artist #studiovisit #artDIY #journaling #collagesession #Latinx #latinxart #artnyc #brooklynartist #queer #papercut #artstudio #artcollection #buyingart #hangout
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Paper Cut Vlog 8: Live Collaging with Luis Martin/ The Art Engineer Quick Session
I had a slight melt down after spilling my coffee- but I am BACK in my happy place. Join me! Let's make a quick collage with scraps and a Life magazine from 1964. Don’t sweat the small stuff and make art! Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Paper Cut Vlog 2 / Live Collaging with Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Paper Cut Vlog 2 Live Collaging with Luis Martin / The Art Engineer I am back in the studio. Join me as I cut into a vintage Arnold Schwarzenegger Body Building manual for men. I talk about New York, Colombia, origin stories and the need for art in ugly times. Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Paper Cut Vlog 3/ Live Collaging with Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Scrapps Episode// Sit with me in my studio as I collage from scraps. While I cut away I talk about my recent trip to podcast movement in Orlando, Florida and reiterate the importance of your voice in art. Lets cut some paper! Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Paper Cut Vlog 5 / Live Collaging with Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Live Collaging! Join me as I use a prompt tool to create a collage. It is all a game of chance. Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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Paper Cut Vlog 1 / Live Collaging with Luis Martin / The Art Engineer
Paper Cut is an extension to my podcast Studio Confessions. Grab a magazine, a pair of scissors, and join me in my premiere episode as I collage and discuss my process. In this video, I use the August 2019 GQ magazine, and a LOOK magazine circa March 1971. I create three collages using both magazines and little scraps from here and there. Become a Member and subscribe to receive a monthly collage kit. Want to collage before subscribing? Get an individual one of a kind collage kit to get started. Need more guidance? Schedule a one on one "Collage Therapy" sessions from anywhere in the world! If you are outside of the US you can buy and downloadable kit, which you can print out to collage or collage digitally. Get it all at https://www.collagedream.com/ There is much adventure to be had in this Collage Dream! xoxo
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