The Year They Burned The Books Collage

I've finished my collage based on "The Year They Burned the Books" for my Literature of Diversity class.

It's a mixed media on cardboard, and I used a variety of things to reflect the plot and message of the book. This piece is very much based on the self battle of many of the characters in the book.. I used different images and mediums to symbolize lots of things-conformity and non conformity, religion, censorship, and acceptance.

Most of the images come from old Time magazines that I cut up, the background is acrylic paint and some ink, and the bottom is covered with pieces of a burnt newspaper. I also glued some matches on different parts of the collage.