A few months ago I received emails from several students who attend the British School in Caracas, Venezuela. The students were assigned to do a project on my work. This included writing a biography on my life, analyzing three of my collages, and then making three collages – one of which had to be a copy of one of my pieces, while the other two were their own creation that used my collage technique.
![](http://megancoyle.com/wp-content/uploads/the-circle-gazette-page1.jpg)
In April, several of the students’ collages – that copied my work or were inspired by my technique – were published in The Circle Gazette. The Circle Gazette is a publication that prints stories and artwork by students from around the world. The collages appeared in the center-spread of their April issue, which is pictured above and below.
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It was great getting to see what the students did after exchanging emails with several of them about the project.
Here are my original collages alongside the students’ copies:
![](http://megancoyle.com/wp-content/uploads/brown-bear.jpg)
![](http://megancoyle.com/wp-content/uploads/figure-posed-in-front-of-pink.jpg)
![](http://megancoyle.com/wp-content/uploads/guitar.jpg)
![](http://megancoyle.com/wp-content/uploads/lounging-panda.jpg)
![](http://megancoyle.com/wp-content/uploads/washington-monument-1.jpg)
It was pretty impressive how close the students were able to get to the originals – especially with collage, which is such a hard medium to copy since you can never recreate the exact textures and fragments of photographs used. But I must say, they got pretty close!
All in all, it was fun getting to see their work. One of the things I enjoy most about being an artist is being able to inspire others. And it makes my day every time I hear from students and teachers that are using my collages in their classroom.