#21: Introduction to Collage

From the collage work, suddenly I started exploring the collage without borders. At some point, I really wanted to avoid borders and the frame just to have them loose kind of floating on the wall. It gives a kind of freedom that is really interesting to explore. If you take away the frame. And I think this process was very interesting, because suddenly pictures that I've had only seen on the screen or in very small prints. Once you enlarge them, this big, you start seeing all these kind of little details that you would otherwise have never really seen. I think the versatility of the work is very important.

The elements that I use for these collages come from very different photo shoots from overtime. So I just go into my archive. I look for images that I think that have interesting shapes and then I print them. I have this little canon, selfie printer, and they print like postcards format. And then I start cutting out these all these shapes and forms. And I just use a white surface. I start composing all these elements. And in the process, I sometimes make a picture with my phone to keep the memory of an interesting shape.

And then I rearrange them. It's like a little play. It's really like playing. And I think this really captures my joy for the creative process. I think it's very important to me, at least that I don't feel bounded by restrictions that I put on myself. It's really like kind of letting the creative energy flow. It's like playing like your child, right? And these creatures, they kind of resemble women and who are kind of weird and strong. At least that's my take on them. And I feel that there is this inner, creative energy, this source of creativity within us in women that often we tend to forget or we learn to suppress. Yeah, so it's about having fun and play.