Category Archives: Collage

Kristen Meyer

Kristen Meyer is a multimedia artist currently residing in New Haven, Connecticut.  She has worked in floral design, interior decorating, window display and prop styling.  The prop stylist and designer uses pasta noodles, nuts, flora, rocks, crackers, stones and other common materials to create these amazing arrangements.  Her work expresses Meyer’s belief in “beauty in imperfection.”  She reveals, “I can’t go for a walk in the woods without bringing home a leaf or two or three.”

More of her work can be viewed on her website ‘Salvage Design’ and on Instagram. 

Images:  Courtesy of Kristen Meyer.

Myriam Dion

We love it when artists reuse materials and incorporate them into their design.  Canadian artist Myriam Dion cuts rich textural patterns reminiscent of embroidered lacework right into latest edition of newspapers pages such as The Financial Times, International Herald Tribune and Le Devoir to name a few. She is careful to respect whatever newspaper she is transforming, invents new scenes, landscapes and narratives within the pages to bring the newspaper’s stories to life. On an article in Huffpost the French-Canadian artist says this about her work:

“By crafting thoughtful mosaics out of the world events, I question our appetite for sound-bite news and sensational art, showing the quiet power of a patient hand and an inquisitive eye.  I am creating a new newspaper that can be interpreted, that encourages people to think more deeply about the news that we consume too easily.”

  The artist can be followed on her website and on Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Myriam Dion.

Clare Celeste Börsch

Clare Celeste Börsch is an American artist based in Berlin.  She is best known for her large-scale paper installations and compositions of flora and fauna.  The artist uses found, photographed, and hand-painted images to create her artworks.  Her work has been featured in hotel lobbies, magazines, on book covers and wine bottles, and has even been made into puzzles. In an interview with Jackson’s Art she says this about her creative journey:

“I used to paint and used collage as a way to plan my paintings. Then one day I realized I liked the collage more and never went back!”

“I begin by collecting, cutting out, and sorting images. I later create series and large works in focused sprints. These bursts of creativity feel, at the time, very intuitive and I get into a flow. But the labour and planning that went in beforehand allow them to happen!”

“Collage also seems a very appropriate medium for me given my life story. Having grown up all over the world, my life has been a collage of sorts. For me, it makes sense to collage a Brazilian butterfly next to a North American flower. In my mind, they are intrinsically connected.”

The artist can be followed on her website and on Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Clare Celeste Börsch.

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