Seattle - August 19, 2009

The Collage Days

Lonjina Verdugo Custom Collages

In arts and crafts class today, we’ll be making collages. Please pull out your construction paper, safety scissors, and year-old Ladies’ Home Journals.

Don’t. eat. the. Elmer’s. Mofo.

Hmm, perhaps call Lonjina Verdugo instead? The graphic and textile designer has a knack for arranging recycled scraps into bold, whimsical designs on wood, discarded boat oars, metal lunch boxes, light-switch covers, you name it.

Verdugo uses vintage wallpaper, pretty gift wrap, newspapers, and fashion magazines on garage sale art canvasses to make her haute hodgepodges.

The textured and playful designs can be abstract or illustrative with flowers, leaves, robots, and fish. She’ll even customize to your decor. And each piece incorporates a local newspaper clipping to date the artwork.

A case when paste makes good taste.

Available by phone order (206-683-3090) or e-mail lonjina@lonjina.com. To see styles, go to lonjina.com.

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