SEA GLASS

treasures

washed up

softened edges

like jewels

in the sand

minimal

2 pictures

put together

on a page

IN THE DISTANCE

sunrise
outermost house

biking

moors

m.malwitz

collage

mixed media

minimal

BACK TO THE CAPE

Cape on Horizon

collage page in

The Outermost House.

Kolo journal

glossy pictures

painted papers

fabric

HIGH TIDE OVER BOARDWALK

As I looked through the scraps with the idea of sea, sky and sand, I found a little scrap of striped fabric. Ahhh-a piece of boardwalk, I thought.

Look at this photo, recently shot by photographer, Karen Amendola. It's the little piece of art come to life! High tide splashing over the boardwalk - Brewster, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts.

Thanks, Karen, for letting me use your spectacular picture!

BAYSIDE HORIZONTALS

at the Cape

sky, sea & sand

1 painted paper strip

4 fabric strips

minimal

collaged in Kolo Journal

SUNSET OVER BAY

Sunset & Sea colored papers were on the table. Worked with those.

2nd sunset appears on opposite page. The 2 relate nicely. Minimal. 3 pieces of acrylic painted paper.

Creating series: click here

Have a great weekend.

See you on Monday!

CAPE COD SUNSET

Fabric scraps & painted papers. As is or just a cut or two or three. More inspired by the paper & fabric scraps than design direction.

Next collages will be pretty spontaneous. Maybe I'll be leaving the Outermost House on the beach.

Creating series: click here

BETWIX & BETWEEN

I'm between projects. Pulled out the Kolo journal I started last fall at Cape Cod. 9 pages of collages inspired by the Outermost House.

Now's a great time to design more collages inspired by that famous house.

To see earlier posts of Outermost House collages ...click here.

BEACH STUDIO ALL PACKED

Yesterday. Dawn. Creating@Cape over. Heading back. Continue Outermost House series at home or wait til next trip to Cape? Probably next trip out.

INFLUENCING THE PROCESS

I was wondering today why I've been making the Outermost House so small, tiny even, in these collages? I realized it's the influence of the Sketchbook Project 2011 process & the tiny ark on the final page. (photo)

The mood & sense of the piece changes quite a bit when the house is minimized in the composition. Interesting. I'm bent toward playing that out in these collages. The process is pulling me in that direction. Worked on these today.

RED SKY

"Red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky at morning, sailors warning.”

Worked on Outermost House collages 4, 5 & 6. 1965 photo, "Low Tide," by Debora Rosen of the 1925 beach cottage in which naturalist Henry Beston lived for 1yr. Later he wrote the classic, The Outermost House.

LET-IT-GO IMPERFECT

My collages are brief, rough, slight, playful & let-it-go imperfect! I'm just plain having fun.

The Outermost House no.3

©marge malwitz

HAVING FUN WITH COLOR

In my orange Kolo journal today...

Outermost House no.2

©marge malwitz

painted papers

fabric

DINING ROOM TABLE STUDIO

@Brewster, Cape Cod, MA.

Dining Rm turned studio. Eating on deck. Rearranged Kolo journal. Long story. Postcard of Henry Beston's inspiring historic Cape Cod cottage - inside cover.

Outermost House no.1

completed. Maybe.

No.2 - bring on the color

& get more abstract!

GRAY TIDES

this am

gray seascape

tide going out

Tides from the Knotty Pine Room

©marge malwitz

painted paper

fabric

Cape pics

CAPE ARCHITECTURE

Inspiration for the week: The Outermost House - Henry Beston's home in 1926 where he spend a year on a Cape Cod beach. Collages inspired by photos of his house before it was swept out to sea during a massive winter storm in 1978. Working in an orange Kolo journal.