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special project, ongoing tiny collage installation: It starts and ends with Love

This is an ever growing installation of tiny collages, the size of a standard business card, 5,5x8,5cm. I started making these to make myself feel better when things in the world seemed really wonky and crazy. I made these holding the feelings of Love and Peace in my heart, imagining that I was putting these energies into these tiny art pieces. I have exhibited these in several exhibitions. The first time installed in squares of 24 pieces, always starting with one tiny collage with the word Love and always ending the installation with another one with the word 'Love'.

I also see each tiny collage as a representation of a person. I am building this huge ''family'' of diverse collage pieces. Each one different, but still made of the same elements as all humans are as well. We need to understand that we are all one big family and I'm depicting this through this installation.

I am envisioning an installation of 1000 or more pieces somewhere in an old building or a museum. I have received lovely feedback of people who would stand in front of the installation. So many remarked that it gave them joy or they felt happiness looking at the collection. I am going to keep spreading the energy of love around by making these. I am very proud that some of these have already been sold. A few as presents to new born babies, making me the artist of the first piece of art that they own and so fitting that that would be a piece infused with the energies of love and peace! To date, I have made 350 of these and I am still making more.

Below are some examples of the tiny collages. They are all 5,5cm x 8,5 cm, made with handprinted or handpainted papers with small elements of wallpaper or found papers on mounting board as substrate.