Typography, Collage, and What’s in Your Head

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When I first got my hands on Stacey Brooklyn’s book, Typography and Collage, I knew it was going to be one of those resources I’d return to again and again. The cover alone is bold and full of energy — it promises exactly what’s inside: images for inspiration and ideas to cut, collage, edit, and alter. Stacey did a thing, and honestly, she nailed it.

This book is filled with pages that are practically begging to be cut up and reassembled, but here’s the thing — I couldn’t bring myself to actually cut the originals. Instead, I picked out a few pages I loved, copied them, and used those reproductions to build my latest art journal spread. I’ll use the originals when I create something to sell. But for now, I’m just experimenting with her beautiful images.

Building My Spread

The entire spread you see here was made solely from the imagery inside Stacey’s book. I carefully selected and copied elements:

• A dandelion — radiating lines like thoughts or dreams taking flight.

• A crow — dark, mysterious, carrying its own weight of symbolism.

• Fragmented portraits — faces that feel timeless, layered with texture and story.

• Mathematical formulas like e = 2.718 and π = 3.14159 — scattered notes that connect to the idea of what’s inside the human mind.

When I layered all of this together, I found the words that wanted to live on the page: What’s in your head?

Why Stacey’s Book Works

What I love about this book is how versatile it is. The images are strong enough to stand on their own, but they also act like springboards for whatever narrative you want to build. You can cut, collage, and alter freely — or, like me, work from copies and let the originals stay intact as an ongoing resource. I have to say though, the quality of the pages for collage are great!

For me, Stacey’s pages sparked something I wouldn’t have come up with on my own, and that’s the beauty of having a book like this in your studio. It becomes part of the conversation between your ideas and the materials at your fingertips.

Thank You, Stacey

So thank you, Stacey Brooklyn, for the inspiration. This layout wouldn’t exist without your book, and I’m grateful to have your work sitting on my shelf.

If you’re looking to add new textures, typography, and ready-to-use collage elements to your own projects, I can’t recommend this book enough. It’s available now on Amazon — a treasure trove for anyone who loves to cut, paste, and create.

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