Visiting the Continent | Collage week 9
Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.
― Gilbert Parker
Let’s travel the world through art, see all the continent in two minutes – and imagine a better world together…
This blog post contains collages number 57 to 63 made this year, as I continue creating in my series “365 collages in 2025”. I hope you like ’em.
The base layer of all of these are torn book pages. The pages are from a Swedish school atlas that I kept for the illustrations, but today I decided that I am not personally interested in any of the illustrations featuring mostly indigenous people from different continents. They’re brown, small and to me they feel kind of outdated, showing people as they were (maybe) living in the past. So instead of saving this book for 20 more years I decided to start using its pages, and this time I used the text. I tore bits of the Swedish text talking about typography, climate, habits and crops of the different continents on the maps.
Non of the text snippets I used as elements to be actually legible or deciphered, so you don’t have to try it. I wanted them partly hidden, so I painted and glued other bits (painted papers, tissue papers and on some a few images) on top of the text extracts. But they’re there and I like that.
Even if you don’t speak Swedish you can spot the words “Canada” and “Australia” in the background, and I can also spot mentions of Indian, Spanish, and the North Americas. That is the context of these collages today.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
― John Donne
Thank you so much for clicking over, taking a look and leaving me a comment below telling me which of these collages you like best – and why you like it.
About this project: I am making one collage for each day of the year in 2025 and blogging seven at a time each week here. I have created 365 artworks in a year thrice before so I am hopeful that I can do it again. Please also check out week 9 2013 and week 9 2018 (lifelong learning) – and leave me a comment if you find a new favorites along the way. I’d love to know which of these you like best – and why you like it. Thanks for helping me finish this by cheering me on. I appreciate you being here.
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365 collages in 2025 | previously week 8 | this is week 9 | next up week 10
All art created by hand by iHanna. Copyright Hanna Andersson. All rights reserved. AI FUCK OF
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I guess I love all of them – It’s the sheer joy of colour, the randomness of the imagery. they delight my mind. And somehow help me to feel freer in my own art practise. I thank you for making them and showing us. I hope you will continue. As well as the huge enjoyment that you are giving us you will be gaining so much from the experience, even though it must be tiring at times I’m sure :) I have decided to start making collages for your next swap, hopefully in spring?
So thank you.
It’s a hard choice, but I think my favourite is 61 – Tasmania, for what is possibly a very niche Aussie reason. Tassie has the unfortunate luck to be often left off maps, and it’s tickled my funny bone that half the name of the island is hidden in your piece!
😮 I like very much this serie and if I need to choose, I choose Tasmania.
Such colorful pieces of art. I love maps and atlas and using them in art it genius.
My favorite… mhm I think it is #60.
My favorite is Speak with Love – I love the colors and the girl, and I wonder what she’s saying.
If I had to pick, I think Radiating Paper Mass is my favorite. And I admit, I first read it as “mess” instead of “mass” which is why I first liked it so much because it feels relatable! What size are these and what do you do plan to do with them when you finish?
I love the all!
But “World Language” is my favorite.
Happy weekend, Hanna! :D