Elisa Carareto creates collage illustrations that remind me of jigsaw puzzles. Specializing in bold, quirky characters, she pieces together different colors, textures, and papers until the forms find their natural “fit”. The blocky figures are then refined with her drawing and…
Cut paper art has been described as “drawing with scissors,” and it’s an apt description of the collages by Rocío Fernández Fuks. In her series Go on Paper, she illustrates the many ways in which we trek through the world. (My favorites…
A couple of weeks ago, I shared the work of Tuija Heikkinen, an artist who creates small crochet pieces and arranges them like a collage. The results are charming compositions that tell stories. Ingela Arrhenius is an illustrator who operates…
I’m always on the lookout for interesting assemblages, and I recently came across this array of crocheted coffee cups by Tuija Heikkinen. Although they are all created individually, she has arranged them into an eye-catching stack that tells a story. This…
I know that just last week I started the series Around the World, and I had all intentions to continue it today. But, I got a little distracted when Tiffanie Turner’s The Fine Art of Paper Flowers arrived in the…
Illustrator Clover Robin is no stranger to Brown Paper Bag. I was first wowed by her last year when I found that she chronicled her travels using collage—while on the road! Since then, I’ve been following her work as she…
While perusing Design*Sponge the other day, I was introduced to the work of Maria Berrio. Immediately, I was struck by her collage style—the intoxicating collision of color and texture paired with alluring figures in curious environments. Driven by her “native South…
I love creating illustrations in cut paper collage; this past summer, I made a self portrait using hand-painted papers that’s my social media avatar. So, when Shutterfly approached me about their customized holiday cards, I instantly thought about making a collage…
For the past week, I’ve continually admired the cut paper illustrations of Irene Servillo. It might come as no surprise—after all, her work is crafted out of collage, my favorite medium. Using cut paper and drawing, Irene creates stylized figures…
Do you take a sketchbook with you when you travel? Clover Robin does… and then some—she collages her adventures! The London-based illustrator and pattern designer recently created a bevy of collaged imagery from her roadtrip through the West and Pacific NW of the United…