My collages, made with small scraps of torn paper, are worked quickly and intuitively. This creative practice has broadened to cover (literally) old 'morning pages' - the discipline of 3 pages uncensored, longhand writing to kick-start the day – repurposed in this way, two forms of expression are juxtaposed as a kind of creative palimpsest, where some of the original text shows through.
Word Fungus
Food for Thought
To Make a Meal out of Journalling
Janina Aza Karpinska is a multidisciplinary Artist-Poet from the south coast of England who draws on many influences, and employs a variety of styles. Her collage artwork, made quickly and intuitively with torn paper, has appeared in: Warning: May Contain Nuts; Bath House Journal; Shanti Arts;Harbour Review; The Empty Mirror, among others, and on the covers of Heart of Flesh Literary Journal; Chichester Magazine, and West Hove News
