I love how Clara plays with scale and introduces a lot of large images of hands in her collages. It really plays up the perspective and interest of her work. I love how she combines so many objects and makes them seem perfectly natural together.
Name (Real or Screename): Clara Mata
URL (Blog, Website): http://flickr.com/photos/claramata/
Location (Where are you from?): Spain
Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: I try to find new relations between images that already exist—it's kind of a game.
Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: I work with anything printed on paper; my favourites are magazines.
Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: I've been stealing images from magazines since I was a kid. I started playing with them in 1999, but it's been three years since I chose this technique as my language.
Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: Actually I work as an Illustrator, but it's not enough for living, so I'm always looking for some extra work.
Q: Do you have any formal art training?
A: I studied fine arts at the university, and a post graduate master of industrial design.
Q: Explain your favourite techniques.
A: Just handmade collage.
Q: Describe your favourite piece ever created.
A: Hmm, I don't have a favourite piece, but I enjoyed very very much making the pieces I call sobras (meaningless compositions).
Q: What other artists do you admire?
A: Sean Mackaoui, Rex Ray.
Thanks Clara!
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We also think Clara Mata's work is sensational, delicate, and extremely well thought out.
We believe that her creative surgery is one of a king full of stories that wake dreams in others.
Thanks for sharing her work with the world on your web.
key - Ali