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Assembla Magazine is a digital magazine dedicated to the visual poetry of assemblage and 3D collage.

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Assembla Magazine is a digital magazine dedicated to the visual poetry of assemblage and 3D collage.
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Today's featured artist is Albatros @albaalbatros

Today's featured artist is Albatros @albaalbatros

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Today's featured artist is Glenn Martinez @glennma

Today's featured artist is Glenn Martinez @glennmartinezassemblage

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Discover Dawn Surratt @dawn_surratt featured in th

Discover Dawn Surratt @dawn_surratt featured in the second issue of Assembla Magazine.

In her artist statement she notes "Real But Not True is a project that speaks to all the bits and ramblings we carry around in our brains: the circular thinking, the obscure and mysterious language of dreams, and the relentless mind chatter that we struggle to escape from when we are trying so desperately to sleep. It explores this experience through the lens of fragmentation and anxiety. Collage is used as the foundational technique, where disparate elements such as found photographs and my own captured images are layered with leather, mica, paper, and wood. These fragments of materials and techniques serve as windows into different times and narratives, creating a dialogue between memory and identity, between sleeping and waking, between what feels real and what is, or is not, true."

Learn more about Dawn Surratt in her Q&A featured in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Dawn Surratt on Instagram to see more of her work : @dawn_surratt

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Discover Pamela Landau Connolly @pamconnollyphoto

Discover Pamela Landau Connolly @pamconnollyphoto featured in Assembla Magazine's second issue.

Pamela Landau Connolly writes in her artist statement, "'Columbus Drive' uses vintage potholder looms, family photographs, archival canvas, and cotton thread to retell my childhood in suburban New Jersey during the 1960s and 70s. My process begins by scanning 3" square snapshots and reprinting them digitally on canvas. I cut the enlarged photos into 1/4" strips, warp the loom with color threads, and weave them back together. The finished piece includes both loom and woven image forming a 3-D object. While working on an earlier project exploring tin dollhouses, I began thinking of other toys used to prepare girls for their future as housewives. I remembered the potholder loom I played with and loved. At this time, I was scanning family photos. The square pictures and the square loom seemed to connect one to the other, and the idea emerged to combine them. This work was chosen for Photolucida's 2024 Critical Mass Top 50!."

Learn more about Pamela Landau Connolly in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Pamela Landau Connolly on Instagram to see more of her work : @pamconnollyphoto

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Discover Frank Jennings @frank.jennings2 featured

Discover Frank Jennings @frank.jennings2 featured in Assembla Magazine's second issue.

Frank Jennings writes in his artist statement, "I have a lifetime interest in old museums that house the quirky and the curious, where a lack of display space encouraged marriages and relationships to form between disparate objects and artifacts. This peculiar interest, combined with an insatiable appetite to satisfy a diverse collecting habit, are the main passions that influence the 'Deceptive Receptacles' I create. Over the years, I have amassed a plethora of objects and artifacts that have the potential for inclusion in my work: I like to display such items in close proximity to each other, hopeful that this might enable them to foster a relationship. Occasionally, I have used personalities such as Brunel, Columbus, Houdini, and Don Quixote as a starting point. The seashell is an ongoing feature within my work, initially as a single element and then progressing to multiple usages in a series of 'Hermit Crab Museums."

Learn more about Frank Jennings in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Frank Jennings on Instagram to see more of his work : @frank.jennings2

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Discover Miriam Martínez Abellán @miriammartinez

Discover Miriam Martínez Abellán @miriammartinezabellan featured in the second issue of Assembla Magazine.

In her artist statement she notes, "Miriam Martínez Abellán develops her creative work through the manual techniques of analogue collage, assemblage, installation, and intervened objects. An inspiring language that brings her closer to vintage aesthetics and recycling. Far from the digital, she prefers a direct and emotional experience with the elements. She collects old images from photographs, postcards, books, or magazines-objects with history and materials of various textures. Collage allows her to create an imaginary of hybrid codes. She uses images from the past to explore themes of the present, where the recycling of stories is an essential part of her process. She creates a delicate and genuine visual universe in which one breathes avant- garde and experimentation. The themes of her work focus on memory, existence, social issues, and an intense reflection on the female figure."

Learn more about Miriam Martínez Abellán in her Q&A featured in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Miriam Martínez Abellán on Instagram to see more of her work : @miriammartinezabellan

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Discover John DiRe @mrjohndire featured in Assembl

Discover John DiRe @mrjohndire featured in Assembla Magazine's second issue.

John DiRe writes in his artist statement, "My art reflects the intimacy of home I've enjoyed in my later adult life as a full-time parent and homemaker. I make art in my kitchen and garage, my longtime domains, and draw from the library of things already in these domains. This palette of fasteners, solvents, coatings, and every day materials is a useful constraint. And the work helps exorcise my profound compulsion to catalog, curate, organize, and handle my inanimate things. I celebrate the quotidian. Each day's work soothes and structures, as does a to- do list, as does an assignment from a client, as do the needs of a hungry child. I am fascinated by sudden shifts in our perception of scale. I am fascinated by microscopy and pathology. I celebrate the ephemeral as representative of the transience of all things, of our mortality."

Learn more about John DiRe in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow John DiRe on Instagram to see more of his work : @mrjohndire

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Discover jack ravi @jackravi featured in the secon

Discover jack ravi @jackravi featured in the second issue of Assembla Magazine.

In his artist statement he notes, "jack's work is a meditation on memory, nostalgia, and the power of found objects. It is a journey of transforming discarded materials like old photographs and papers into new, meaningful stories. Each piece invites the viewer to reflect on time, personal and forgotten memories, or fragments of stories. In his work, jack taps into the collective unconscious, exploring themes of loss, play, memory, and identity. His pieces offer glimpses into stories, but deeper understandings emerge from the emotional response of the viewer in the present moment. jack's work celebrates the beauty of the overlooked and the fleeting moments that shape our lives, encouraging a deeper connection to the world around us. With a deep reverence for old, discarded, found objects, jack celebrates their beauty and potential, transforming them into mixed media works that invite reflection and connection to the past, while resonating in the present."

Learn more about jack ravi in his Q&A featured in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow jack ravi on Instagram to see more of his work : @jackravi

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Discover Joan Tamkin @joantamkinart featured in As

Discover Joan Tamkin @joantamkinart featured in Assembla Magazine's second issue.

Joan Tamkin writes in her artist statement, "Joan Tamkin is an assemblage artist whose modern, meditative wall pieces and table sculptures bring a Zen-like balance to any environment, transforming spaces into peaceful sanctuaries. Her work is rooted in the beauty of found objects-wood panels, blocks, intricate cardboard, twigs, paint, and more—each thoughtfully combined to create harmony in form and texture. A prolific artist driven by her passion, Joan aims to elevate homes, offices, and public spaces like restaurants, cafes, and galleries with art that offers both calm and intrigue. Her pieces invite viewers to pause and experience a subtle transformation in their surroundings."

Learn more about Joan Tamkin in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Joan Tamkin on Instagram to see more of her work : @joantamkinart

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Discover Gale Rothstein @galerothsteindesigns feat

Discover Gale Rothstein @galerothsteindesigns featured in Assembla Magazine's second issue.

Gale Rothstein writes in her artist statement, "I had worked for most of my professional career as a jewelry designer through my company, Gale Rothstein Designs, Inc. I currently create one-of-a-kind collage and assemblage sculptures. My forte has always been putting together a constellation of objects; as a young child, it was not unusual for me to take apart one thing to make another. My work demonstrates the interconnectedness of the continuum of our experiences through the relationship of my chosen objects. Re-contextualized and juxtaposed in discordant and surreal environments, these destinations provoke the viewer to ask, "Where are we? Who is here with us? How big or small are we? Are we awake or dreaming?" The visitor is continually challenged to reevaluate one's sense of time, place, and orientation."

Learn more about Gale Rothstein in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Gale Rothstein on Instagram to see more of her work : @galerothsteindesigns

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Discover Natasha Pastrana @natashapphoto featured

Discover Natasha Pastrana @natashapphoto featured in Assembla Magazine's second issue.

Natasha Pastrana writes in her artist statement, "My work delves into my personal life in a very unconscious way. When I analyze why I create certain pieces, I realize that, at that specific moment, I was trying not to think about something that worried me. Art becomes my way out. I heal and work through my worries in my pieces. Photography is a very important part of my academic education and permeates all of my work. I have a fascination for old pictures and objects-I find them so meaningful that I couldn't imagine working with any other medium."

Learn more about Natasha Pastrana in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Natasha Pastrana on Instagram to see more of her work : @natashapphoto

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Discover Kristina Moriconi @kristinakreatesart fea

Discover Kristina Moriconi @kristinakreatesart featured in the second issue of Assembla Magazine.

In her artist statement, she notes, "My work has been especially inspired by quotes, poems, and song lyrics. In a search for peace and a way to cope with what is happening in our country and world, I find objects to repurpose in order to make connections, make sense, and perhaps tell a new story somehow. My lyric narrative, composed of words + images, is forthcoming with Minerva Rising Press in 2025."

Learn more about Kristina Moriconi in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Kristina Moriconi on Instagram to see more of her work : @kristinakreatesart

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Discover Majke Lüthi @majkeluethi featured in the

Discover Majke Lüthi @majkeluethi featured in the second issue of Assembla Magazine.

In her artist statement, she notes, "Family patterns often shape our behavior, like well-trodden paths. In Golden Mountains, I cut, paste, and reimagine my Swiss heritage and family history to forge new ways of understanding identity and belonging. Inspired by my grandfather's carefully curated photo albums of joyful vacation scenes, the project contrasts these images with hidden struggles: his obsessive escape into stamp collecting, my grandmother's retreat into agoraphobia, and an uncle's battle with addiction. These themes reflect universal human behaviors-suppressing pain, presenting a brave face, and yearning for something better. While deeply personal, they resonate widely. Interactive elements are central to my work, including group discussions about "feeling at home." I plan to gather stories from individuals who, like me, have dual nationalities, weaving them into the project to expand its depth."

Learn more about Majke Lüthi in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Majke Lüthi on Instagram to see more of her work : @majkeluethi

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Discover Jason Lord @jasonearllord featured in Ass

Discover Jason Lord @jasonearllord featured in Assembla Magazine's second issue.

Jason Lord writes in his artist statement, "This body of work arose from a 1000-day walking ritual, a perambulatory witnessing of the discarded, a walking prayer of reclamation and resurrection, and a meditation on compassion. To engage in compassion for something or someone, we first bear witness to them. We acknowledge something or someone as a piece of a complex world with validity, purpose, and potential. Compassion is a practice. As we build capacity for it-to witness a rusted-out tailpipe and give it new life as an act of love— we can exercise it on other things and other people. These are icons for a new world, junk saints of empathy and understanding, and compassion. Their message: that anything can be treated with tenderness-even a jagged and corroded crowbar or disintegrating mitten; even the imperfect, the outmoded, the discardable; even you and me, even on our worst days."

Learn more about Jason Lord in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Jason Lord on Instagram to see more of his work : @jasonearllord

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Discover Kat Johnson @katjohnsonart featured in As

Discover Kat Johnson @katjohnsonart featured in Assembla Magazine's second issue.

Kat Johnson writes in her artist statement, "My found-object assemblages have been likened to "poetry in a box" (a description I quite like). And, as with poems, I try to instill a lyrical quality, a sense of wonder and evocativeness-something that might be found in dreams, just out of reach. Totems of luck, magic, history, nature, and love infuse the pieces. Yet the process of creating them remains, even to myself, a mystery: each seemingly brings itself into being, as every object brought into play informs the next until a full idea is teased into life ."

Learn more about Kat Johnson in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Kat Johnson on Instagram to see more of her work : @katjohnsonart

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Discover Elisabeth Dishur @elisabeth_dishur featur

Discover Elisabeth Dishur @elisabeth_dishur featured in Assembla Magazine's second issue.

Elisabeth Dishur writes in her artist statement, "Elisabeth Dishur processes what she finds-and sometimes what she searches for― into three-dimensional object boxes. The staged interaction of seemingly alien things not only creates something completely new and unexpected, but also something suddenly meaningful, recognizable, and sometimes even familiar. Thematically, her work deals with people, their wishes and fears, and their position in the world. Certainly due to her study of philosophy, she observes her environment very closely- especially how and why individuals move and behave within it. Her assemblages are like constructed dreams: close enough to touch, yet distant. They elude grasp and are full of sensitivity for what is hidden. Her works are also reminiscent of small sets in a magical theater. Above all is her fascinating feeling for color and composition, her unmistakable sense of humor, and the courage to explore the third dimension."

Learn more about Elisabeth Dishur in Assembla Magazine Issue #2. Link in bio.

Follow Elisabeth Dishur on Instagram to see more of her work : @elisabeth_dishur

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