Between 2018 and 2020, I produced a body of paper collage work using National Geographic magazines from the 1990s to construct surreal scenes, imagery, and imagined worlds.

Working entirely by hand with scissors, a craft knife, and glue, I assembled collages ranging from A5 to A4 in scale.

The process was intentionally tactile and slow, allowing each piece to develop organically through instinctive composition and material contrast.

Collage became a storytelling tool, enabling me to build my own narratives and visual environments by recontextualising existing imagery.

This way of working carried directly into my Fashion Foundation year at Kingston School of Art, where I applied collage techniques as a design and experimentation method.

By extracting shapes, colours, textures, and materials from magazine imagery, I explored garment silhouettes, proportions, colour relationships, and surface treatments in a fast, expressive way.

The influence of collage continued into my early fashion design practice, shaping how I approached making and material use.

Learning that existing materials could be transformed into something new and considered led me to experiment heavily with upcycling, deconstruction, and reworking damaged or discarded garments into new pieces.

This hands-on, recombinative mindset remains a foundational influence across my wider creative practice.

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