Checking in on Gina’s work, I found discovered her newest endeavor — the creation of flowers out of paper and placement in unexpected places. Small wildflowers placed in the cracks of buildings, and greenery installed on rocks. These small additions to the landscape really make the passerby more aware and conscious of the space and make it feel a bit more precious. I’m reminded of the Dispatchwork project but with an organic twist.

All images via Gina’s blog.

Laura’s own work utilizes simple, bold images and supporting text that’s often short and sweet. I especially liked this one:

Paper is also something that Laura explores in the three-dimensional sense, creating popup letters and hand cut and assembled. She curated an exhibition, Toy Shop where she made miniature houses to promote the show.

All images via her website.

All images via her Flickr. Check out her website, too!

Ana’s work is uses both natural and unnatural materials, and what I find the more compelling is her use of foam sheets to create this giant, flowing sculpture.

All images via her Flickr.

Some of the text is not distorted and allows for reading. Having this visible with the collage elements plays into this grandiose fantasy I get upon viewing these works.

All images via her Flickr. Check out her Etsy!

If you ever have the opportunity to see her work in person, do it. You will spend hours staring at the individual layers and pondering the construction as I have done many times.

All images via her website.

Jen also does animations. This one has music by Dan Deacon.

“Believer” by Jen Stark / Music by Dan Deacon from Jen Stark on Vimeo.

All images via her website

Tom’s Flickr set includes more than 130 collages, often arranging them into small groups of five or six smaller collages. They look great as a set, which you can view here.

I look at these and think “landscape”. What about you?

I am especially fond of the way Annie uses accenting lines to cut a horizontal plane. Design-wise, it creates pockets of shapes and abstracts the letters even further. The lighting of the piece also distorts the lettering even more to create nearly a separate work of shadow art on the wall behind the cut outs.

I’m in awe of how neat Annie’s work is, despite the obvious limitations of cutting out paper. Her words and images are fluid and free. I’d love to know the stories behind these letters. Some seem more personal than others. Perhaps they were found objects?

All images via her website.

This duality that is present in paper is also present in the work of Alexis. Her work revolves around the driving forces of love and water, and how those things bind all creatures. Relationships between the land and sea, the creatures of both as well as humans are all intertwined and through this, we discover that all of these things aren’t so different. That, at the most basic level, we are all apart of the same world and exist together.

With this in mind, Alexis creates very contemporary drawings despite her concept — she’s got tattooed and stylishly dressed people. I love the fusion of these two things. Love and relationships are something that are never out of vogue, so the work has a strong foundation.

All images via her website.