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Maria Schamis Turner
@turnmaria.bsky.social
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Editor, writer, and collage artist based in Montreal. Owner of a neurotic dog.
Author of The Life and Design of Frédéric Le ShoeShoe (collage book)

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I made a No Kings collage poster and pdf for anyone who wants one. Just let me know and I’ll send you a link!
T-Rex in a blue frock wearing a jaunty purple hat carrying a No Kings sign
September 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Old dog summer
Cafe au lait colored dog being vocal while standing on a picnic table at the dog park.
August 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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My No Kings collage is now available to download for free. Please share!

drive.google.com/file/d/1pexD...
Image of a T-Rex dressed in a blue frock and a purple-ribboned bonnet waving a no kings flag
July 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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NO KINGS collage. I will be making this into a poster with a pdf people can download. Stay tuned!
A T-Rex dressed in a blue frock and a jaunty straw hat with purple ribbon, with what I think are Issey Miyake patterned tights, holding a sign that says: No Kings
July 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Toronto folks: My book is now available at @anotherstoryto.bsky.social!
A shelf of books with The Life and Design of Frédéric Le ShoeShoe propped up next to Psychedelic Capitalism. A picture of the front window of Another Story Bookshop on Roncesvalles.
May 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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There’s a book and now there are postcards! From The Life and Design of Frédéric Le ShoeShoe. #booksky #artsky #artist #writer
10 postcards of absurdist collages from my book The Life and Design of Frédéric Le ShoeShoe.
May 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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In honor of independent bookstore day—a photo of my book at the fabulous libraries De Stiil in Montreal.
Six copies of The Life and Design of Frédéric Le ShoeShoe the night of my launch at the fabulous De Stiil bookstore.
April 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I just released my book of collage and text. See Le ShoeShoe at turneredits.com
The Life and Design of Frédéric Le ShoeShoe book cover with a collage showing a theatrical head, a hand at the end of a wooden pole, and 3 pairs of feet that together make up a strange creature.
March 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Light brown dog on a colorful blanket giving his owner a look.
March 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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And I’m having a launch on March 20th at Librairie De Stiil in Montreal!
Book launch: Thursday, March 20th at 7 pm, at Librairie De Stiil, 351 Avenue Duluth E., Montreal
March 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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It seems weird to talk about anything that is not part of the current catastrophe, but I made a book! #artsky #booksky
A box of my collage book, The Life and Design of Frederic Le ShoeShoe. The cover has a black and white collage of a theatrical face, a wooden arm, and some women’s feet wearing high heel shoes.
March 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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I will be launching my collage book The Life and Design of Frederic Le ShoeShoe in Montreal on March 20th!
An image of a flower coming out of a shoe. The text above says: Book launch, Thursday, March 20th, 7 pm at Librairie de Stiil, 351 Ave. Duluth East. To the right are two blurbs about The Life and Design of Frederic Le ShoeShoe.
February 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Some collages from my sketchbook
Black and white collage with a train, two ice skaters, and a strange structure on the side Collage of a structure of cement posts, buildings in ink, and an insect leg emerging at the top Collage and drawing with a capital F and a lower case e
January 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Landscape #analogcollage #artsky
Collage landscape in earth tones/stone with a streak of blue
January 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I resorted to extreme silliness this week in order to survive the dumpster fire that is reality.
Figure created with metal and modeling clay, wearing a pink top with rosettes and blue tissue paper pants.
January 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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A grey and white palette outside and inside #collage #artsky
Black and white collage of two hands above a row of buildings.
January 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits”

The three spirits:
The logo from the television show Charlie’s Angels showing the silhouettes of the angels in black against a red background
December 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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A collage card with a red tree, white snowballs, and gold glitter that says Happy Holidays!
December 24, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Print proofs of Le ShoeShoe! One step closer to the book.
Pages showing print proofs of collages of absurd fashion. One figure has a brass funnel for a head and is dressed in red and black. Another has 4 black and white pictures of a smile for a head, and is dressed in a thin animal print top with a green skirt.
December 20, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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Mood
Ink and water color doodle of a dog-like creature.
December 9, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Chair #collage #artsky #cutandpaste #design
Collage, mostly black and white tones, of grids and stripes and an arm between two parts of a chair. Can you tell I don’t know how to describe my art?
December 7, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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Dog-in-coat season
Medium brown fuzzy-haired dog wearing a black coat standing in the dog park on a light layer of snow
December 4, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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This scoundrel is now 13.
Light brown fuzzy haired dog looking plaintively at camera
November 14, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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Post a butterfly to celebrate 10 million users on Bluesky 🦋
Collage of butterfly wing, skirt, and two human legs
September 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Number 443,652 on bluesky
September 17, 2024 at 11:23 AM