Paper Collage Workshop

by Samuel Price

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Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.

Paper Collage Workshop is a well written and illustrated practical guide to collage as a fine art medium. Released 8th Nov 2022 by Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint, it's 128 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. 

Author Samuel Price has an engaging and accessible teaching style and the whole manual has the feel of a well organized and effective workshop. The introduction covers tools, supplies, methodology, and some color theory. The introduction also shows readers how to produce reference photos (VERY useful info here), what supplies to use, and step-by-step instruction for producing finished learning projects. Project tutorials include a bullet list of tools and supplies and instructions numbered in sequential steps. 

All of the tutorials are well photographed with clear, color photos which are easy to understand and happily without hands or tools obscuring the action. Although the finished projects are clearly highly professional and artistic/painterly, a keen beginner could use the instruction contained in the book to produce works in collage from start to finish. There is an abbreviated gallery with thumbnails for inspiration included at the back of the book. There is no bibliography or index in the review copy provided for review.

Five stars. This would be a superlative choice for public or school library acquisition, home artist's studio, activity/makers' groups, classroom/workshop use, and similar needs. 

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.