I work almost entirely with newsprint. That means collecting a lot of papers otherwise headed to the recycling, or worse, landfill. But, once I get my hands on these papers, what happens? Here is a guide to how I create. #artisticprocess 1. Sort each paper and scan them for any usable 'patches of color or pattern'. I look for blocks of color and interesting patterns, colored ads with typography, or images of sky/rocks/trees which come in handy for landscape images. I do these

Over the last 5 years as an artist, I have rewritten my #artiststatement many times. Each time I feel I am getting closer and closer to the core of why I feel the need to create and what I am trying to share. This week I rewrote it again: Influenced by a waste-not-want-not upbringing, I urge you to ‘make do’ with the newspapers I use to create fine art collages with a chigiri-e technique and wabi-sabi aesthetic. With the amount of trees cut daily to produce newspaper, it is m