Clever Cuts

What to Expect

A deep dive into clever and unique collage art techniques, the workshop explores storytelling and creative cutting, delivering gallery worth contemporary collage artworks.

All materials included

  • Intro to creative cutting, tools and best practises.

  • Learn how to create collages with geometric shapes, using a single image.

  • Learn how to use the craft knife to create “pockets” on paper, which can be used to create layers and include details.

  • Learn how to source materials and the composition techniques to create a collage using typography.

Collage featuring vintage-style images of women and children, with layered paper elements and buildings in the background, on a black background.
Collage of a woman's face with a bird's eye view, a large bird flying over her face,  starry background, and several smaller birds flying around, all on a yellow background.
Collage artwork featuring a bird with a colorful body and long beak, cut out and layered with various colorful paper and magazine fragments on an orange background.

The reviews

5 stars reviews

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“Attending the collage workshop with Sue was such a beautiful and grounding experience for me. It felt like a much needed pause, a space to slow down and reconnect with myself in a creative and intuitive way…”

— P. Borges
Collage featuring a woman's face with close-up lips, a bird with wings extended, large floral elements, a mountain, and a green leaf on an orange background.

“This was definitely one of the best workshops I have ever attended. Why? It allowed me to unleash my creative side, which I hadn’t realized I had creative block despite working in design”.

— K. Fonseca
Five people standing in a room, each holding artwork they made, smiling at the camera. The room has a white wall with colorful art pieces hanging. There are tables with art supplies, magazines, and scissors in the foreground.

“I joined the collage workshop looking for a hands-on creative experience, and it was exactly what I hoped for…”

— H. Castanho
Collage of various cutout paper shapes, stickers, and drawings, including a woman's face, a cartoon character, geometric patterns, and snippets of text with a textured and layered appearance.