Collage

Lucas Burken "mash up"

9"x12", Collage, 2025

My idea was to make something unique, I went through a few magazines and found a pattern. I got the idea because one of the magazines I grabbed was a foods magazine and I thought it would be something cool.   

My process was to find a magazine that woud work, cut out everything, lay it out on my paper and glue it down. I used scissors to cut everything out and card stock and glue to put everything down. 

I want my audience to think that no matter what you are given you can make something out of it. There isn't any symbolic imagery in this collage. 

  The most difficult for me was finding enough things to cut out to make my work out of. I overcame the struggle by going through several magazines and cutting out as much as I could. If I started over I would maybe change the subject it would be about. 

The style of art is surreal, its unique to me because I don't usually do projects like this. I love how its something different and simple but still looks good.