Piece description from the artist
This piece is one of a series of cut paper collages inspired by witnessing the glimmers of magic woven throughout the ordinary life alongside a small child.
During a family event, I took my two-year-old daughter outside for some fresh air and a chance to run around. She spent a half an hour picking "wishes" from the field behind the venue, carefully arranging an increasingly unwieldy puffball posy. She was chattering away, half to herself as, occasionally blowing the seeds into the sky. At one point, as she watched those delicate little fluff umbrellas float off and away, I heard her say, " I wish dat EVERYBODY… have a snack."
I developed this series of collages while in the throes of raising my two young children. Making these pieces gave my a chance to step back and meditate on the small, beautiful sparkling moments. Lingering on the everyday magic had a huge impact on my perspective.
Elena Skoreyko is a Canadian illustrator, picture book maker and paper artist living in York, UK. Her work has appeared in Flow magazine, the New York Times online and The Marginalian. Elena’s work comprises lovingly collected paper scraps imbued with their own histories, delicately snipped and pieced together to convey intimate, emotive stories and experiences. Her work is at once relatable, focusing on ordinary life, and quietly triumphant, celebrating the wonder and magic that exist there. She holds a BFA in visual art and a Master of Science degree in occupational therapy; both inform her creative practice.
Elena can be found most days creating a rainbow tornado of snippets in her attic studio atop the wonky victorian terraced house she shares with her German husband, three kids, and countless ongoing DIY projects.
Elena is represented by Carrie Hannigan at HG Literary.
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