Some are made with bits of colored paper. Others include magazine cutouts or photographs spliced between a found object here, and another there.

Each one on exhibit at Stonehedge Gardens in South Tamaqua is a collage — but all are unique based on the elements selected and pieced together by its creator.

“The show consists of over 50 collages and presents a wide range of artistic styles possible through the technique of collage,” explained Patricia “Patty” Passick, one of the dozen-plus artists whose work is on display at the nonprofit organization’s gift shop.

An opening reception was held recently, with artists including Passick, Lynn Gojanovich, Kate Bee Moon, M. Myst, Abby Myers and Tracy Perry, on hand.

Passick, who operates the gift shop at Stonehedge, said the exhibit is a first. The inspiration for it began with artists Moon and Myers, who printed themed and paired collages on canvas, then shared them with Passick.

“This sparked an idea with (Passick) to curate a themed art show of varieties of collage,” Moon said. “I’m grateful that one shared moment of creativity blossomed into an art show where we could celebrate the beauty of autumn at Stonehedge Gardens with this show of expression and camaraderie of local creative like-minded friends.”

Some of the works are 3-dimensional, while others tell stories.

A work by Perry, for example, is a small collage book containing stories of 100 women who were affected by cancer.

“It doesn’t mean they have cancer. Maybe their child had cancer, or their husband had cancer, and their stories are there,” Passick said.

She also has collages in the exhibit.

“I had all these collages but they weren’t matted,” said Passick, a retired art teacher from St. John Neumann Regional School in Palmerton. “Some of these I would make on my own but some of them I would make when I was in the classroom with the kids, and some I did to keep up my certification at the Kutztown Summer Arts Institute.”

Many collages are for sale.

For the opening reception, piano music was provided by S.S. Palmer Elementary School second grade student Jesse Zelienka. A table was also set for young and old to create their own collages.

“I really loved seeing everyone’s expressions and interpretations of collage,” Myers said of the show.

The exhibit is near the front of the gift shop, which features many handcrafted items, pottery, jewelry, knitted items, paintings and antiques.

Gift shop hours are from noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The collage show will run until the end of December.

Passick hopes to have another one.

“It is our first and some people are so jazzed up about it, that I said, ‘Don’t worry. We can do it again’,” she said.