The Welder Re-welded Baby Onesie

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To unify a collection of diverse elements into a meaningful whole has always been the main dream behind collage, echoing the collages that we call dreams.


All cultures have dreamed of unifying, of indissolubly bringing together, diverse and often incompatible materials: metals, gems, and woods. Dissatisfaction with the outcome of these attempts led, in part, to the formation of alchemy and its quest to create out of diverse materials the most perfectly unified matter: gold. During the time of alchemy, knights also sought gold along with their search for transcendent spiritual truth.

Like the alchemist and the knight before him, the welder seeks to assemble and make whole in the realm of metals that which had been scattered and even hostile to being combined. He aims to penetrate to the heart of the weld; to finish well; and to join as one metal, in an inseparable whole, that which was once separate. Those who care for him aid him in this by strengthening his know...

Eric Edelman is a collagist and found-object sculptor. His work has been featured in one-person shows and group exhibitions in museums and private galleries, and.is represented in several private and institutional collections. Edelman's collages and other work have appeared in The New York Review of Books and in the books The Art of the Miniature and Genius in a Bottle, as well as the monograph “Eric Edelman Collages the Unconscious.“ Click HERE for the Art of RetroCollage blog, about art, collage, creativity, and inspiration, featuring Eric Edelman's most recent artwork. Click HERE to subscribe to Art of RetroCollage and receive email updates about new artwork and subscriber offers.