Struggling with wrinkles, bubbles, and smearing in your mixed-media collage? Your glue might be the problem.
Getting smooth, flat collage layers isn’t just about choosing the right paper. The adhesive you use, and how you apply it, can make all the difference.
In my full YouTube tutorial, I’m testing three of my go-to adhesives for collage: matte medium, gel medium, and an acid-free glue stick. I’ll show you when to use each one and how to work with everything from delicate magazine pages and deli paper to painted collage papers, vintage book pages, and handmade paste papers.
You’ll also see how I prevent thin papers from wrinkling, keep ink from smearing, avoid bubbles and peeling corners, and create smooth layers that actually stay put.
If you’ve ever struggled with glue in your mixed-media collage, art journal, or abstract collage practice, these simple adjustments can completely change the way you work.
Comment GLUE and I’ll send you the link to the full tutorial!
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I couldn’t throw these little scraps away… so I stitched them together into one long snippet roll.
Tiny pieces of paper, loose threads and forgotten fragments—all finding their way into something new. I think this might be my favourite kind of collage.
Do you save even the smallest scraps too?
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“Anna and Freesia” featuring an Anna’s hummingbird and freesia flowers. Watercolor on paper collage 7”x7”
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Trying something new with paper collage.
I started with just one image, used @tripo.ai to get different perspectives of the same statue, then printed, cut and brought everything together into one collage.
Really love finding new ways to mix digital tools with physical work ✂️
Comment “TRIPO” and I’ll send you the link to try it with 500 bonus credits!
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Traveling this summer? Start collecting collage materials everywhere you go.
One of my favorite things to hunt for while traveling is old street posters. The colors, typography, weathered edges, and layers of torn paper are perfect for collaging.
Here’s how I turn found posters into mixed media collages ⬇️
After wandering around looking for posters with interesting colors, patterns, and textures, I then bring those fragments home and tear or cut them into new shapes.
From there, I arrange the pieces until I find a composition I like. Once everything is in place, I layer some of my gel-printed tissue papers over the top to add even more depth, transparency, and texture.
Great collage materials are everywhere, and this is your reminder that you don’t need to spend a lot to create them.
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Paper Collage ! yess.! 🙌🏻✅
What I love about building figures with paper collage is that the final image can never be fully planned. The process is intuitive, and almost always an unexpectedly rotated shape becomes the defining moment of the silhouette.
✨ Exhibition Open Now ✨ A Year in Collage is an exhibition which features all 365 mini collages from my 2025 daily project. It is open until the 25th of July. A huge thank you to @makesouthwest for giving me the opportunity to show this project and especially to @flo.pearson who helped hang the show, she’s the reason the frames are hung so nice and straight. 👏 Alongside the 365 collages (they’re not for sale as I decided it’d be like selling my diary 😅) there are also other collages (both mini and larger) that you can purchase, plus a selection of wood engravings and cards.
Exclusive to the exhibition:
✂️ 2027 Daily Collage Calendar - featuring all 365 collages
✂️ 365 Daily Collages Archival A1 Print - printed on beautiful German etching paper
✂️ Daily Collage Advent Calendar
✂️ Paper Collage Packs - monotype printed papers so that you can get collaging yourself if you feel inspired by the show.
All these items will be released online in a couple of months, plus I will have some available just over the road at the @craftfestival next weekend.
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Piece By Piece, 40”x18” acrylic, paper collage, mixed media and @superclearepoxy on panel
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The thing I tell every student when they do not know how to get started.
Just start with something. Anything. The smallest beginning still counts.
For me it is almost always writing or paper collage. A pen, a bit of glue, a few scraps of paper, no pressure, no plan. It gets my hands moving, and the inspiration just appears.
It can be ugly. It can be super simple. It can result in nothing but it will definitely be better than not starting at all.
So whatever you have available today… start there.
Send me a DM or attach a picture below of your super simple start.
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Nestled in among all those index cards for @indexcardaday? 3 new typography forward pieces. Make art, with your hands, preferably messy, mark filled paper collage; lather, rinse, repeat 🖤