Black Box Collage #29: Rub-a-dub dub.

Black Box Collage #29, continuing the series of collages from items in my recycling bin. Inspired by this week's Illustration Friday topic: Soaked.

Surfin' Safari: Black Box Collage #27

After a long winter, an unexpected move and a nasty blow to the head, the Black Box Collages are back! #27 coincides with this week's illustration friday topic: Safari.

Illustration Friday: Early

This week's Illustration Friday topic is Early.

Black Box Collage: #24, Longing For Simpler Times

This week's Illustration Friday topic is Cocoon.
#24 in a series of ongoing collages from my recycling bin.

Black Box Collage: #19 Getting Ahead

This week's Illustration Friday topic is Ahead.
#19 in a series of collages from my recycle bin.

Black Box Collage: #15, The Detective and the Fish

This weeks Illustration Friday topic is Detective.

This is #15 in my ongoing series of daily collages from my recycling box.

Black Box Collage: #8, Linked

This week's Illustration Friday topic is linked.
From my recycling bin: The Globe and Mail, The Real Estate Book

Globe and Mail Project: #63, QUEEN ANNOYS PUTIN

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

is visibly annoyed at Queen Elizabeth II

for her blatant disregard of the laws

of perspective.

Collage #63 of my 90 Days of Collage, and my entry for this week's Illustration Friday topic :Perspective. Mr. Putin seems to be easily annoyed of late.

Collage #63 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.

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Globe and Mail Project: #59, JOURNALISTS SOLDIER ON DESPITE LACK OF NEWS

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As the worldwide news drought continues, journalists

remain vigilant, reporting on every aspect of the

story. While some fear that there may never be news

again, others are taking a more positive angle, stating

that "no news is good news".

Collage # 59, submitted to Illustration Friday for this weeks topic: propagate.

Collage #59 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.
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Globe and Mail Project: #50 Cosmic Advice For Those Adrift

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This week's Illustration Friday topic is Adrift.

Collage #50 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.

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Globe and Mail Project: #40, The Answer

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This week's Illustration Friday topic is focused.

Collage #40 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe. timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #32, INTERNET PHOTOS IMPLICATE MAN IN TURNIP TRUCK TUMBLE

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After years of denying he had just

fallen off the turnip truck, Internet photos

surfaced of the man in mid-fall.

While conceding he had a passing

resemblance to the young fellow in the

photo's, the man suggested that the

pictures had been doctored.

Collage #32 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. Comments by email or Blogger are welcome!

I am submitting today's collage to illustration friday for this week's topic: Clumsy. It seems we can't hide from the camera anymore. Embarrassing photos seem to be popping up all over the web. See: Collage # 13 TELUS TREE FROG LATEST CELEBRITY TO BE ROCKED BY SCANDAL.

Globe and Mail Project: #26, SKATING WITH THE ANIMALS

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Hot on the heels of CBC's runaway hit,

BATTLE OF THE BLADES,

comes the explosive 11 part reality series,

SKATING WITH THE ANIMALS, in which

politicians paired with their favorite

mammals, compete against one another

in rugged, outdoor settings.

Tonight, Sports Minister Gary Lunn and his

polar bear take on Prime Minister Stephen Harper

and his kitten in a merciless ice dancing

competition outside the Chateau Lake Louise.

Collage #26 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world.

I am also posting today's collage to Illustration Friday for this week's topic Wilderness. This is the second polar bear collage in the series (see : FULL-BODY SCANNERS TO BE USED ON POLAR BEARS) and the second about a CBC mini-series (see TRICKY DICK REACHES FOR OLYMPIC GOLD IN VANCOUVER).

Incidentally, here is a picture of our Prime Minister with his kitten, Cheddar. No, this is not a collage. The kitten is real, however I suspect the PM may be a cardboard cut out.

Globe and Mail Project: #16, TRICKY DICK REACHES FOR OLYMPIC GOLD IN VANCOUVER

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What happens when a disgraced US ex-president

rises from the ashes to clear his name, then chases

his dream of Olympic gold as captain of the Canadian bobsled team?

Dan Ackroyd IS Richard Nixon in CBC's rollicking new

mini-series, "DICKSLEDDING: VANCOUVER 2010".

*Best bobsled picture since "Cool Runnings".

-The Globe and Mail

This week's Illustration Friday topic is Renewal. In the 16th collage of my Globe and Mail Project, impeached and deceased President Richard Nixon gets a chance to clean up his besmirched image and rewrite his entry in the history books.

The Globe and Mail Project will continue Monday to Saturday for the length of my free Globe and Mail subscription. Each collage is made up of images from that day's newspaper. The supplementary text is courtesy of my Olivetti portable typewriter.

Globe and Mail: #8, GAGA, FLAHERTY CONFRONTATION ESCALATES

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A passing lemur intervenes as informal talks on economic growth

between Lady Gaga and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty escalate into

a streetfight outside the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel.

This week's Illustration Friday topic is "undone", and Lady Gaga and Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty have definitely come undone in today's collage from my Globe and Mail project, 90 Days of collage. This is only day 8 and it is already the second celebrity dust-up involving the Finance Minister (see day 1). Am I repeating myself? First appearance of Lady Gaga, though...and the lemur.

Illustration Friday: Hatch

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Hullo, Houston?

We seem to have landed on...

Quebec?

Hullo? Hullo?...

Mighty cold out here.

A bit of seasonal nostalgia for my heritage in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and time spent there during the "space race" era.

Illustration Friday: Crunchy

collage and paint on orange crate

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When the Nutcracker arrived at the office Christmas party,

the usually affable Mr. Peanut headed for the nearest exit.

There was something about that Nutcracker guy...

I have to say that this week's IF topic, Crunchy, left me a little cold, but Mr. Peanut had been staring at me from the recycling box, and K had taken our youngest to The Nutcracker on the weekend, so as the French say, voila!?

Illustration Friday: Entangled

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collage and paint on cereal box

Undeniably fashionable, his hair-do was, nonetheless, ill-suited to his job

as Press-Operator

While this is, perhaps, not the best representation of this weeks IF topic: entangled, the potential for entanglement is implicit.

Illustration Friday: Music

This is my entry for this week's IF topic "music" as well as my entry in the annual auction for Gallery 101, 101 Frames.

Just for the sake of context, Big Joe Mufferaw is the Canadian equivalent of American folk legend Paul Bunyan. Speaking of music, another Canadian Icon, Stompin' Tom Conners spins a few tales of the giant, French-Canadian lumberjack in his song "Big Joe Mufferaw".

Illustration Friday: Unbalanced

"Houses On My Street"

cereal box collage

These are all buildings in my neighbourhood. People move here because it has a "quaint", small-town feel. They buy quaint, small houses then knock them down and build ridiculously large houses . Unbalanced.

I'll be donating this piece to the annual fundraising auction at Saw Gallery, called Sketch, Friday, November 27, 8pm until 2am.