The Cardboard Club is making its mark

Robert Ridley-Shackleton sends cardboard club mixed media collages in groups and I think that is perfect because they seem to speak to one another, deepening meaning and demonstrating how marks can communicate so much.

I'd love to understand Robert's process. Have I asked that before?

This pair of collages is colourful by comparison to other collages of Robert's I've seen and the way they dance on the page is remarkable. I have a pinterest folder all about mark making and these images belong there!

The interestingly shaped wrapped collage is about the size of my thumb if it were run over and flattened.  Can you see the plaster (bandaid for Americans)? Many thanks Robert!

Robert Ridley-Shackelton's window to the world

I just about begged for one of Robert Ridley-Shackleton's collages after I saw a piece he'd sent Kat.  Luckily he was forthcoming!

You can't really tell but this a very haptic piece. It's just under 4 inches square.

Robert says he works under the philosophy of his hero Robert Ryman, "It's not what to paint but how to paint". He says that all paintings are a window to a worlds - sometimes similar to ours, sometimes completly alien.  Robert rejects making hi art.  He loves objects that could be considered trash but that hold a snapshot to a fragile universe.

You can see more of Robert's work at:
http://hissingframes.blogspot.com