All About Collage

Todd Oldham. Ammo (Ingram, dist.), $8.95 paper (32p) ISBN 978-1-9344-2989-1

Oldham expands on his Kid Made Modern line with this guide to creating collages, one of four books launching the All About series. Bright photographs of kids engaged in art projects demonstrate how readily available materials like paper towels, magazines, and photocopied pictures can be transformed into something new and surprising. One project suggests decoupaging newsprint onto surfaces like tabletops to create colorful, parquetry-like patterns; elsewhere, readers can create surreal family portraits by pasting animal heads onto human bodies. Oldham gives readers the greenlight to create fun and edgy art pieces using tried and true methods. Available simultaneously: All About Dye, All About Embroidery, and All About Fabric Printing. Ages 8–up. (July)

Reviewed on: 07/09/2012

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