A New Blog Challenge - Found Poetry

We have been intrigued lately by the concept of Found Poetry.  This is defined as a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as poetry by making changes in spacing and lines or by adding or deleting text, thus imparting new meaning.  The resulting poems are interesting but even more fun is the artistic way in which people embellish their text.

Beckie is hosting a swap for group members this month and has  set up a Pinterest Board to spotlight some Found Poetry art that caught her eye.  You can check it out here:

http://pinterest.com/artbeckons/found-poetry/.  We also found an entire book altered in this manner by Karen Hatzigeorgiou of Karen's Whimsy.  She has shared images of it here:  http://karenswhimsy.com/altered-books/happiness/.  We also found a nearly 200 page book that was altered by Tom Phillips, called The Humument.  You can view the slideshow and/or gallery here: http://humument.com/.

Hopefully you are inspired by this artistic method as much as we are.  We  invite you to join us in a PT Blog Challenge project using a single torn page from a book of your choice.  Highlight in an artistic manner the words that make up your Found Poem and decorate the page with the theme of your poetry.  You may cut, collage, paint, layer, etc. - whatever inspires you!

You don't have to be a member of Paper Traders Yahoo Art group to participate; but if you would like to join us and be privy to even more great paper crafting swaps and challenges, plus better-than-ever artistic support, that would be super!

When the challenge closes, we will pick a winning piece that best showcases the theme of the challenge and/or supply requirement. The winner will be awarded the following prizes:

Art from Beckie H.

Two collage digistamps from Cathy C

(will be sent to your email as jpg. files)

Challenge Rules

1. Make a paper craft, mixed media, or digital piece of art ( any size). The theme is "Found Poetry".
2. Post your art to your blog, Flickr, Picasa, or other online album.  Mention our name PaperTraders Art Blog with a link back to this post. You are welcome to grab our button and share it on your blog as well.  The last day to post for this challenge is September 30th, 2012.
3. After posting your "Found Poetry" art on your site, come back to this post, and leave us a comment with a link to your post/image.  You must include a direct link to your image or post, not a general link to your album or blog. All you will need to do is copy and paste the url address of your post found at the top of your browser window.
4. The winner will be announced by the October 5th  and,  in addition to the prizes shown above, will be awarded our "Trader Treasure" blog badge which they can choose to feature on their blog. Their art will also be posted on the PaperTraders Art Blog for a month.
5. For the winner to claim the Challenge prizes, please make sure there is a way for us to contact you by email so that your prizes can be sent to you.

Inspiration:

Picasso

by Cathy C

by Beckie H.