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    Morton
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        I’m confused about where the difference is between a mixed media work and a collage. Is there any etc.

        I’d like to hear your views about the difference/s between collage and mixed media and any etc …and if you illustrate with an image of what you create too there’s a slice of luxurious virtual chocolate cake for you.

        Morton

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        Cyndi L
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            Mixed media simply means more than one medium being used in a piece, so it can be painting and magazine images, assembled junk, ink and watercolor, etc etc etc. Collage is a specific art term, meaning a piece formed primarily by images that adhered down to a substrate to form a new image. It can also contain different paint or drawing media, but the term refers mostly to the adhered images. Collages are usually considered a type of mixed media, but not all mixed media are collages (like squares and rectangles…).

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            Morton
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                Like apples and stairs. :) Thank you for taking the time to elucidate.
                I was confused after I had looked up Collage on wikipedia and Tate glossary. I thought collage was as you have described it.

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                    There is also assemblage which is more akin to 3 dimensional collage.

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                    lisaastrup
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                        Mixed media simply means more than one medium being used in a piece, so it can be painting and magazine images, assembled junk, ink and watercolor, etc etc etc. Collage is a specific art term, meaning a piece formed primarily by images that adhered down to a substrate to form a new image. It can also contain different paint or drawing media, but the term refers mostly to the adhered images. Collages are usually considered a type of mixed media, but not all mixed media are collages (like squares and rectangles…).

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