JUNK MAIL PORTRAIT MOSAIC Inspired by Sandhi Schimmel Gold

Call it Paper Mosaic, call it Recycle Art, call it Mixed Media, call it Papier Collé... it's Fine Art by Sandhi Schimmel Gold Papier Collé: An art form that combines traditional painting with paper. Similar to a collage, a Papier Collé composition utilizes only a variety of papers - pasted directly onto a painting on canvas or wood. Sandhi transforms her original paintings into fascinating Papier Collé Mosaic Portraits. A unique expression of this art form; espeically as she utilizes paper that would otherwise go to waste. Sandhi's work graces the walls of private collectors' homes, is featured in numerous corporate collections as well as permanent museum collections. If a picture is worth a thousand words... these are made from thousands more. "My work reflects society's obsession with beauty in advertising; images that bombard us daily. I appropriate those images and reuse the advertising vehicle as well. My paper mosaics are a purposeful intermix of advertising messages - junk mail, postcards, etc. that arrive through my mailbox. I hand cut, sort and manipulate thousands of pieces; images and text - to assemble a mosaic portrait. I create a new image of beauty - an eclectic and tactile portrait redrawn and reworked in my imagination, utilizing materials that would otherwise go to waste." - Sandhi Schimmel Gold

I learned to mix paint before I could write my name and play piano before I could read music. I spent my youth sitting quietly in my bedroom drawing. I cut school to spend days at art museums and galleries in New York City. I changed majors in under grad and disciplines in grad school so many times, I decided to take my life-long love of learning out of academia. In most ways, I am self-taught. I studied mosaics overseas and applied this knowledge into my current work. I am very much influenced by what I have seen during my extensive travels and inspired by fashion, music & emotions.

Dear Diary In Private Collection [Baltimore, MD] Inspired by "I Can Hear the Bells" from the musical Hairspray. Evoking that giddy feelilng when the boy you like finally acknowledges you at school!

All American Blonde political junk mail, tax forms In Permanent Museum Collection [San Francisco, CA]

junk mail, reflective materials 22x28"

St. Catherine, Patron St. of Artists In Private Collection [Denver, Co]

Shut Up & Kiss Me In Private Collection [Fort Worth, TX] All you have to do is listen to Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Shut Up and Kiss Me" and you'll know when it's time to stop talking and pucker up.

Time Enough 24x24" Inspired by Iggy Pop's version of "We Have All the Time in the World" When you're young, you think time is endless, yet the eternal clock is ticking.

Grading Rubric Completed Assignment (Due )….20pts Appropriate subject matter…………………10pts Interesting composition……………………….15pts Correct and total use of proper material..15pts Typed one paragraph reflection about your project (7sentences)…………………………………………..10pts Attention to detail and execution of proper steps to create work of art………………………………20pts Creativity (Make your work unique)………..5pts Neat and Accurate Work………………………….5pts