Joseph Cornell, inspired by Surrealism, created boxed assemblages incorporating found objects and collage.

Using disparate materials in unlikely combinations, the four sculptors featured here have created assemblages that are more than the sum of their curiously complementary parts.

He often combined media in an unorthodox way to create shrine-like assemblages.

He has also been creating assemblages - small, still, delicately surrealistic worlds out of found objects.

Tumarkin created assemblages of found objects, generally with violent Expressionist undertones and decidedly unlyrical color.

Bircken creates assemblages featuring everyday ephemera like wood, knitted fragments and twigs.

"It wasn't the question of a bad-quality slide," said Mrs. Roessiger, who creates assemblages in boxes.

Carol Rosen of Califon creates assemblages from bits of wood that formerly served as parts of machines or tools.

Working with metal, fabric, paper and found objects, Ms. Rogovin creates assemblages that present the concept of time as medium.

He continuously experimented with forms, techniques and materials by creating spatial compositions, assemblages and collages.