Plant Cuttings

Lily, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Poppy, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Bunny Tail Grass, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Pine, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Palm, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Honesty, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Winter, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Evening, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Sparkle, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Ivy, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Dovetail, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Branches, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Shadows, 2020
Paper collage, 17 x 13 cm

Rotation, 2020
Paper collage, 15 x 11 cm

Daisy, 2020
Paper collage, 8 x 7 cm

Plant Cuttings is a series of collages depicting various single-stem flowers and branches set against abstract, fragmented backgrounds. By layering and combining carefully selected found images, I form new narratives where each setting could be an interior wall or just an imaginary space for quiet contemplation.

Through the act of cutting paper, I am removing the plant’s surrounding information. Like real plant cuttings, it too becomes uprooted from its original location. The image left in the picture is transformed into a symbolic focal point of the work.