Paper Draper
About
Gina, otherwise known as Paper Draper is primarily a collage artist who reworks by hand original vintage ephemera into new scenes and stories that play with humour, scale and perspective.
Sometimes when a specific colour or shape is required she breaks out the paints to create mixed media pieces that move the surreal into contemporary pop
Favouring a less is more approach to assembling and with a leaning towards mid-century imagery, she offers a nostalgic view with a wink and a smile.
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Person
As a forerunner for pop art and collage maestro it has to be Peter Blake. I think seeing the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club in my teens had a lasting effect on me. He's a reminder to create what I want in whatever medium I chose and having fun in the process.
Place
I'm not sure I could credit any one place as the source of inspiration for what I create, but certainly living in various UK cities has shaped me personally from the people to the music and art scenes reinforces that anything goes.
Object
Like most people I have things that I either love or makes me feel at home but the one thing I couldn't live without and always have lying around are scissors. They spark joy when they're in my hand. It's probably rooted in childhood when you're given a pair with rounded tips to cut up paper. I do remember concentrating at about age 9 while cutting and thinking "I'm really good at this!" Then I think about Matisse in his last years, bedridden but still compelled to make art and it's scissors that he reaches for and creates his iconic cut-outs. While I enjoy the work of collagists who are loose with paper and rip it up, I just can't, I'm too fussy and meticulous, scissors are a bit like the wheel, they do a job well and don't need reinventing but they need me to operate them and give guidance.
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