You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
Robin Williams
Robin Williams
... the actual task is to integrate the two threads of one's life
... the within and the without
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Leapfrog Studio Collage Works
About Us
Why Collage?
The collage process we use in our classes require just a few simple materials, paper, cut images, scissors, and glue. We offer lots of cut out images and a wide variety of papers for the participants to select from.
Once participants make their selection they move paper and images into a harmonious relationship as if creating a dream. There is no right or wrong, pictures and papers are picked for their appeal. That is what makes collage work fun, unexpected and relatively easy.
The workshops are structured so that a finished work of art can manifest in the course of a single day. We base our workshops on archetypal themes and symbols. The day begins with brief check-in by participants, a small flurry of facts, a touch of ceremony and an occasional short guided meditation. We attempt to sooth, entice, coax the psyche into allowing the veil between the conscious and unconscious to thin a little.
It is our belief that this interaction between the interior worlds of our being leads spontaneously to art. We believe that art is a cipher ... a coded message from one's inner self to one's outer, worldlier persona. Collage work incorporates metaphor, association, cliche and pun.
At the end of the day, participants are guided through a brief experiential exploration of the meaning of their collage. There is a deep joy in creating something meaningful with one's own hands. We are delighted to facilitate this experience.
Once participants make their selection they move paper and images into a harmonious relationship as if creating a dream. There is no right or wrong, pictures and papers are picked for their appeal. That is what makes collage work fun, unexpected and relatively easy.
The workshops are structured so that a finished work of art can manifest in the course of a single day. We base our workshops on archetypal themes and symbols. The day begins with brief check-in by participants, a small flurry of facts, a touch of ceremony and an occasional short guided meditation. We attempt to sooth, entice, coax the psyche into allowing the veil between the conscious and unconscious to thin a little.
It is our belief that this interaction between the interior worlds of our being leads spontaneously to art. We believe that art is a cipher ... a coded message from one's inner self to one's outer, worldlier persona. Collage work incorporates metaphor, association, cliche and pun.
At the end of the day, participants are guided through a brief experiential exploration of the meaning of their collage. There is a deep joy in creating something meaningful with one's own hands. We are delighted to facilitate this experience.
Christine Irving:
Chris is a professional collage artist whose works hang in homes as far away as Pakistan and as close as Harmony Ridge, CA. She is a published poet adept at incorporating the symbols of myth and story into her art.
Michelle Anglin:
Michelle is a collage mixed media artist. She has a BA in Fine Arts Painting and holds a life time teaching credential from San Jose State University. She has studied psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA and Holy Names College in Oakland, CA.