Category: Collage

Journal articles by Magdalena Hohlweg about collages, found objects, plant remains, bird figures, insects and the creation of her works.

  • January – silent glow

    January – silent glow

    Happy New Year! And now? Silent glow: the snowman and me. We do our best January doesn’t have a good reputation – too little light, too much stagnation. It’s like the big yawn after the party.The music is off. The glasses have been washed. Somewhere between tiredness and anticipation, I ask myself:And now? Yet every…

  • The True Christmas Story

    The True Christmas Story

    My art is still about the small finds, the subtle wonders along the way. Today I would like to share a fascinating story with you that has particularly touched me in recent weeks – a true winter story about light, darkness and rebirth – and for me the spark for a new, small series that…

  • December magic

    December magic

    – the light in the dark times When the days grow shorter and, in some places, it hardly gets light at all, a space emerges that no other month can create: an in-between place full of memories, longings, and little wonders. I often experience December exactly that way—as if it had its own quiet kind…

  • November: Art is dead!

    November: Art is dead!

    Long live art! Oh, this gray! This desolation! Can we perhaps skip this season? Every year it comes back to me without me having ordered it – this miserable wet, this drizzly weather. Nature is dying before our very eyes. It doesn’t help to look away. Anyone who didn’t make it to the sunny south…

  • And my soul spreads its wings wide

    And my soul spreads its wings wide

    The last warm rays of sunshine make the dragonflies dance – and my heart skip a beat Dragonflies have a short life and sometimes I find the remains of one of these fairy-like creatures. Then I am delighted when their delicate wings are still intact. They are tiny works of art – their wafer-thin weave…

  • October: Time for art

    October: Time for art

    The world is pink – and October is creative There you go: In the Bad Pyrmont spa gardens, the begonias in perfect harmony provide the proof – pink is the trend color in October. And I’m right in the middle of it. Pink suits me, doesn’t it? 🌺😉 Everything looks so much better in pink…

  • Space for new bird species

    Space for new bird species

    It’s slowly getting a little tight The bird perch is just 11 cm long and about 2 mm thick. How many birds fit on such a tiny bird perch? I was able to fit nine extremely rare bird species next to each other. Two more are still trying to get a perch. I had to…

  • Cranes and moths

    Cranes and moths

    Let me introduce you to an extraordinary pair of artists. To be honest, it’s once again about the very last remnants Do you still have box trees in your garden? That’s no longer a matter of course these days. A small moth called the European Box Borer has already eaten a large part of the…

  • The wasteland grasshopper…

    The wasteland grasshopper…

    The value of things lies in the eye of the beholder

  • All the birds are already here.

    A 43-second film about a peaceful miniature landscape made of found objects and plant debris. The birds are singing in the woods! How about a little walk in the woods? A little birdsong accompanies this landscape with a few hopping, fluttering, tripping and pecking bird species. And what else are they up to in their…