Zara Devereux

Zara was born in Cornwall and after completing her foundation training she began to work for a fine art framers and restorers in London. During this time Zara began to collect the remnants of papers and fibres seeds and silk threads to create paper she later used for her collages. Many of these papers along with others from China Thailand and India now form the basis and inspiration for her work. The leaves in her collages are collected throughout the year and give her pieces a feeling of transience. The leaves before they are used are pressed for months and with the application of watercolour. P.V.A and embroidery, this meduim becomes very durable with amazing results.Working in St Ives, Zara builds up her multiple pictures almost like jigsaws, creating collages of leaves, feathers, seeds, intermeshed with printing and oil paint. The finished work acts as a narrative, always with an awareness of the natural world around us even in this urbanised, technological agew