Collage and Mixed Media

The Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present, at the library, creative and award-winning artist, Laura Lein-Svencner, who will present the process of creating your own collage papers, assembling a collage with a tack iron and the application of an image transfer. She will bring samples of her work, papers she uses and will demonstrate how to create surface designs. This demonstration is a must-see if you are interested in beginning collage or have had some experience with collage!

Laura is an Abstract Mixed Media Collage Artist. She teaches collage with the “heat seal iron” method, fusing coated collage papers to many surfaces. She has taught many classes and workshops in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, she also currently teaches online classes. Laura is a National Award Winner and National Collage Society Signature member and co-founder of the Midwest Collage Society in which she is also a member. As a self-taught artist, Laura has been working in the medium of hand papermaking and collage for 30 years, learning and exploring all the ins and outs of paper itself. She primarily focuses on composition, layering, color and ability to create depth in her collage artwork. Her works have been published in many books by North Light Publishing, The Artist Magazine and The Professional Artist. Currently, Laura teaches her collage techniques, online, at Naperville Art League in Naperville, IL, and at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, Illinois. During the summer you’ll find her teaching collage workshops all around the Midwest. Her collages are also represented at Mainstreet Art Gallery in Lake Zurich IL. Laura’s artwork can be viewed online: https://www.lauralein-svencner.com, https://www.lonecrowstudio.com (teaching online studio) and she can be contacted at lonecrow4@gmail.com.

We hope you can attend this program which is free and open to the public! The Lemont Artists Guild Meetings are open to all, you do not have to be a Lemont Artists Guild member to attend. For more information please visit: www.lemontartistsguild.org