Jennifer collier's intricate designs produced from paper, textiles, waxing trapping and stitching has accumulated into a beautiful and sort after collection. Her work is made up of tiny to large -scale paper sculptures and dresses. There is delicate baby shoes had cut and stitched together amongst the couture inspired designs. There is also a collection of curiosities including map made cameras, typewriters and even a full- scale hoover. She has been quoted as describing her work as a way, 'of working with disposable organic materials that are transient in nature, imbuing them worth and creating something intriguing and of great beauty'. Jennifer had the innovative idea of trapping dried fruit and peelings into the layers of plastic, tea bags, wax and fibers. This process is personal to Jennifer only and has encouraged lots of interest from private collectors, museums and galleries. Jennifer is also happy to explore the opportunities of outside art. This is an area many designers find hard to expand into but Jennifer has managed to adapt her organic and fiber approach with ease, creating outdoor growing sculptures. Personally for me, Jennifer’s collection has reignited the idea of truly pushing craft boundaries and experimenting with anything that comes to mind, making the process and exciting but also sustainable. Her work is brave and it has a beautiful concept that can be adapted to any object and is appealing to all viewers.
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