Cecil Touchon

Two of my collages are now a part of the permanent collection at the Cecil Touchon International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction.

http://om-2010.blogspot.com/2010/11/20100057-rachel-smith-usa-bakers-dozen.html

Very Excited and Honored!

Rachel

counting and combing

new small works about 2x3 inches collaged onto balsa wood.

free shippin'

Now offering FREE SHIPPING on select item at my etsy shop.

check it out at:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/paperpath

- rachel

check out my etsy treasuries below. these are collections of etsy artists and crafters based around specific themes set up by me. enjoy.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c2ad14a3d6d8eefc94bb044/indexical

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c290dc06be78eef06e1a33e/urban-pastoral

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c2689ad22da8eefa222bda7/comfy-cozy

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c250ee8e8a08eef07b99c86/in-silence-and-movement-you-can-show-the

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c1d0a20bd2f8eeffea31768/cut-paste

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c1d32a9b6136d9106f527ba/why-dont-you-write-me

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bebb3892d6e8eeffa8743b3/nostalgia

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c0a859c38f76d919ca53b80/celebrate

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c13bd7ff43a8eef368f7cbe/je-taime

One of my pieces is also featured in the following treasury:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c25732e778c6d91722991d7/traces

- rachel

http://www.etsy.com/shop/paperpath

postcard show - cut and paste

Check out the KG52 Gallery show in Sweden. My piece on on page 1! You can browse through all the entries at: http://mailart.se/pugs/cards.html.

- rachel

new collages

"strangers" 3x3 inch collage on arches paper includes a storybook girl walking into a typewritten passage from "how to read people like a book" on lined ledger paper. this collage is ready for purchase at my etsy shop paperpath : http://www.etsy.com/shop/paperpath.
"blustery raven" 5x7 collage with various vintage papers and a storybook raven wearing a scarf!!

installation

My most recent installation endeavor using receipt books. These are a few snippets of a piece that covers a 12x12 space and growing.

New collage works on paper.

Commission - travel collage

Above is a commission created during the Summer of 2009. The concept behind this work is: when traveling you collect things, mementos of your trip that end up in a box under your bed, (receipts, wrappers, tickets, packaging, money, maps, postcards, photos). If you keep all of these items from your trip and then send them to me I will turn your collection into a collage commemorating your travels. I have made collages with items from Thailand, New York City, Washington DC, Philadelphia. The collage pictured above is from a Europe trip to Britain, France, and Switzerland.

Collages at Trio

"Collages" by Rachel Smith

Willow Annex Gallery at Trio Vintners

November 18 - December 28.

Check out their websites:

http://www.willow-wallawalla.com/

http://www.triovintners.com/

machines

this is the work i've done over my first semester in graduate school.  i have lovingly coined them my machines that do nothing.  i have been trying to work with found objects and the idea of organization.

index

my latest collage endeavor.  involving a-z index cards, found images and typewritten text.  each index card has corresponding images and written words to reinforce a letter of the alphabet.

collage

collage is a medium that i am constantly partaking in.  i am drawn to the idea of recycling found objects to create artwork.  feel free to check out my flickr account to see more of my images.