2Umbrellas and Sewing Machines – A Brief Look at the History of Collage ArtTorn Formations
Long before it was even labelled collage, many folks were horsing around with the concept using various materials.
As far back as the 12 century, Japanese poets wrote on torn and pasted sheets of coloured paper. In 13th-century Persia, leatherworks used images and goatskin to make book bindings. They also used leaves and flowers. Before the 16th century, Europeans cut paper and parchment for coats of arms and assorted family badges and emblems. In the 16th century, you could buy a book that taught the art of cutout silhouettes or check out the featherworks made in Mexico. By the 17th century, there were corn kernel mosaics, ...
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