Tag: värikollaasit

Hodge Colour Podge Collages

I’ve been taking part in Aino’s colour collage challenge called Värikollaasit every Sunday religiously (no wonder since it on Sundays) since 2016. I mostly try to find a theme in my collages but sometimes the colour is the overriding aspect. If the individual photos are very diverse I call these mixed or hodgepodge collages “gallimaufries” (I love that word!). Here are two from 2017.

PS: Why not join Värikollaasit? It’s a lot of fun!

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hodgepodge

Electronic Quilt

A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally small pieces of fabric sewn together, with padding in between both sides. Today there are shops selling materials specifically for quilting but in former times recycled pieces of fabrics were often used. So, there is no padding but here I … Continue reading Electronic Quilt

Kala namak

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Kala namak is one of the Indian names of Indian black salt, the inspiration for today’s Värikollaasit:

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More collages with similar hues can be found here.

 

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Aino’s template for the Värikollaasit / Colour Collage this week were these peppery colours:

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and I played around.  This collage is too blue but I love the swan and his prominent beak:

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I then took other beaks into the mix: swan, duck, goose, and stork:

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And here I contrasted the softness of a painting with the starkness of a cartoon:

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And I can’t make up my  mind which I like best.

If you want to have a look what others did with the pepper spice colour, have a look.