After viewing the variable mirage of construction paper, wallpaper, and magazine clippings in the collages of Romare Bearden I was immediately drawn to collage as an art making technique. Taking odds and ends from everything from fabric to photos and combining them into a successful piece was like turning water into wine. I find a great freedom in collage because of its malleability; through layering, carving, assembling and disassembling, the piece can evolve as my vision does. Collage gives me a feeling of impermanence, in a constant state of transformation, until I stop. Utilizing the medium of printmaking to produce collage materials permits me innumerable possibilities when choosing potential elements to add to a work in progress. Through the manipulation of collage and printmaking I can form a final product that is consistent with my illustrative goals.