Here’s one way to recycle paper and create artworks at the same time, make up collages of nude women with newspapers, using in this case, London’s Financial Times.
Why would collage artist Natasha Archdale use the Financial Times, of all papers, though? It’s printed on pink-coloured paper, that’s why.
A graduate of Bedales School and Cambridge Arts College, Archdale, 31, said she has been drawing the female form since childhood. When she broke her spine in a car accident nine years ago, she discovered a talent for collage. Bored and bed-ridden for six weeks, Archdale created self- portraits with the Financial Times simply because it was the only material available.”I just started drawing myself in front of a mirror,” she said. “I didn’t have paints around me or equipment, but I did have the Financial Times newspaper. It was next to my bed, and it’s pink, and it just worked for me.”
This is something one will not encounter everyday. A nice story. The photos are great.