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Twin Stories on Old Covers
I often make collages on the covers of old books—those forgotten volumes I find in open bookshelves, waiting to be seen again. My favorite shelf stands just around the corner from my mother’s house, and every visit becomes a little treasure hunt. There’s something quietly moving about these abandoned books: their worn textures, their faded […]
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Audrey Leaping for Joy
I created this collage for my goddaughter Dana, who had just graduated from school. It features a young Audrey Hepburn, captured mid-leap in a photograph by Philippe Halsman – pure joy frozen in time. I love this glimpse of a moment when everything still seems possible, the future wide open. I remember standing at that […]
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BAM! Twiggy – Or the first woman on the moon
Every now and then, I respond to an open call. Most of the time, I enjoy browsing the Open Call section on the Paris Collage Collective website, lovingly curated by the wonderful Petra Zehner—an artist whose work I admire deeply. The theme of this particular open call caught my eye: Create a collage of one […]
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Something got me startet – A Collaboration with Katrin Klink
I’ve been doing collages for over ten years now – mostly alone, mostly in silence, mostly lost in my own paper worlds. Until recently, I had never collaborated with another collage artist. Then Katrin (@katrinklink_dailyperfectmoment) reached out and asked if I’d be interested in working together on a Starter Series. To be honest, I had […]
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Was, Du kommst heute nicht?
Under the delicate dome of an old Schatz anniversary clock, time has been repurposed into a keepsake of waiting. A small girl stands beneath a wooden darning mushroom — once a humble household tool, now a fairytale shelter. Beside her, a metal fallow deer, salvaged from the top of a wine bottle cork, stands poised […]
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The Junctions Series
The Junction Series is (beside of I trawl the Megahertz) probably the most personal work I’ve created so far. It’s a series of 21 collages, all made inside an old telephone address book. I started working on it in a time of deep emotional exhaustion. My father had just died after a long illness. His […]
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Collage Meets Embroidery – My Workshop Experience at Burg Herstelle
In November 2023, I had the pleasure of joining a collage workshop with artist Petra Heidrich at Burg Herstelle in Beverungen – a charming little castle just a short drive from where I live. The historic atmosphere of the castle, combined with Petra’s warm guidance, made it the perfect setting for a day dedicated to […]
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Taken out of context
For this series of 21 collages, I’ve been diving into a very specific visual world: German women’s magazines from the late 1950s and early 1960s. There’s something about them that draws me in—maybe it’s the colors, the optimism, or the carefully staged images of domestic life. But it’s more than just aesthetics. It feels like […]
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The Christa Files
These are the only digital collages I’ve ever made. The young woman in them is my grandmother Christa, who died unexpectedly in an accident in 2022. While clearing out her apartment, I came across this beautiful photograph of her—with a love letter written on the back. I had never imagined her as a young girl. […]
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The Alphabet of hope
Suddenly, in March 2020, the world was on hold. Following weeks of confusion, bad news and uncertainty – we got used to it. We stayed home, waiting for better times that are not about to come any time soon.The world is on fire and we are in it. So after a while of suffering, I […]
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Cut. Paste. Repeat.
Sometimes I walk into the studio without a plan. No project, no deadline, no message to convey. Just me, the quiet, and the rustle of old paper. I start fiddling—cutting for the pure joy of it, letting my hands lead while my mind drifts elsewhere.I search for pleasing shapes. Elegant letters. Odd words. Stray fragments […]
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From the Archives
These collages date back to around 2009 – fragments of an earlier chapter. Made with love, yet free of plans or rules. Little visual adventures, created simply for the sheer joy of cutting and combining.
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The Atlas Project
One of my first collage series, made back in 2010. As you can tell I am a huge fan of ‚The Doors‘ specially the Lyrics by Jim Morrison.
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I trawl the Megahertz
I trawl the Megahertz Back in 2009, I began what would become my first large collage series: I trawl the Megahertz. It consists of 27 collages, all created on double pages from an old school atlas. I had bought the atlas as a child, maybe ten years old, from a secondhand shop. I remember carefully […]
ATLAS & ART
Collages and Paper-Art
