Sprawling across paint-chipped walls and tiny alcoves, the collaged installations of artist Clare Börsch mimic overgrown jungles and whimsical forest scenes. Layers of flora, fauna, and the occasional gemstone or human figure comprise the amorphous paper artworks as they transform spaces into fantastical ecosystems.
In a note to Colossal, Börsch shares that she began her artistic practice as a way to translate her dreams, which are often lucid and informed by memories and a strong tie to nature, into physical objects that others could immerse themselves in. “Growing up in Brazil, I had the ocean, rivers, and jungles that always existed in stark contrast to the industrial cities (I lived in Sao Paulo). So my earliest and most formative memories are of lush, humming tropical ecosystems —and the encroaching industrial landscapes of Brazil’s cities,”[…]


I wouldn’t mind to have a wall like that in my house, especially the green one.
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Beautiful, but such a lot of work, or correspondingly expensive!
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I was thinking of making something like that myself … but I have so many projects on my table already. Maybe it does not have to be a full wall … or one can add to it as one goes along … 🙂
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Yes, start with the first piece of the mosaic…
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