Deambulant's sentimental attachment to her work and all things vintage is admirable. Vintage has definitely become extremely popular, and it's great how anyone can feel sentimental about something not even from their past. And old wedding photos or class pictures found thrift shopping make excellent collages. This explains why vintage ephemera is used so widely in collage culture now.

Name (Real or Screename): deambulant
URL (Blog, Website): http://deambulant.deviantart.com/
Location (Where are you from?): Portugal

Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: Quick, emotional, unpatient—but always very meaningful to me.

Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: Gramma's old magazines, online magazines or just images I pick up on google and find them interesting. Vintage is a term used to define some artists' collages, which are not actually vintage, sometimes it's 'just' a grunge style mixed with something looking old, even if it's new. But I really like vintage stuff, probably because we are all feeling a bit lost in actual society, so the past comes like something safe to hold on to and a guarantee to be accepted. I find myself 'melting' sometimes when touching or seeing real vintage stuff. Maybe because I associate those things with good lost times. Even if then life wasn't perfect.

Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: I started doing collages since I was 14 or so, but I did not know that they were called collage works. I just picked up colours and textures and joined them for the final effect. Recycling was the concept that made me do some works for art school at 16, and then I thought that not just boxes could become lamps, but clothes could become pillows, and... papers of different colours a good way to wrap a gift... and then I ended up doing supposed collages.

Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: Architecture student, last year. But attracted to all forms of art.

Q: Do you have any formal art training?
A: If you consider architecture a school of art then yes, but the reality is that architecture stimulates just a part of our imagination, and has obvious limits. So to take a break from the technical moments, photography, reading, drawing or collage are great.