mond ▁Cas are lla ▁( 1 9 2 0 – 1 9 9 6 ) ▁and ▁Roland ▁G in zel ▁( b . ▁ 1 9 2 1 ). ▁Al ps ▁began ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁technique ▁in ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁associate ▁professor ▁in ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Art ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Washington . ▁He ▁was ▁investig ating ▁art ▁techniques ▁that ▁would ▁stim ulate ▁cre ativity ▁and , ▁as ▁he ▁wrote , ▁"... d ram atically ▁release ▁the ▁inner - most ▁quality ▁of ▁being " ▁of ▁the ▁artist . ▁Al ps ▁shared ▁the ▁idea ▁with ▁his ▁students ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁and ▁they ▁became ▁his ▁colle agues ▁in ▁experiment ing ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁art ▁form . ▁It ▁became ▁evident ▁to ▁Al ps ▁early ▁on ▁in ▁his ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁process ▁that ▁he ▁needed ▁a ▁name ▁for ▁it . ▁The ▁word ▁that ▁he ▁co ined ," col lag raph ", ▁is ▁a ▁union ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁" col lage " ▁and ▁"- graph ." ▁Art ists ▁who ▁later ▁created ▁notable ▁works ▁in ▁col lag raph y ▁include ▁Dean ▁Me ek er ▁( 1 9 2 0 – 2 0 0 2 ) ▁and ▁Edward ▁St as ack ▁( b . ▁ 1 9 2 9 ). ▁ ▁D iss em ination ▁of ▁col lag raph y ▁ ▁Al ps ▁was ▁act ively ▁engaged ▁in ▁prom oting ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁producing ▁col lag raph s . ▁The ▁first ▁exhibition ▁to ▁show ▁col lag raph s ▁by