Jelle Martens, Natuur, 2009: “The source material here is an old book I found in the attic. I was inspired by the texture of the photos and the hardcover of the book (the green pieces you see in this piece). At the time, I was very into geometric forms and this combination seemed to be perfect. First I scanned the photos and manually cut and pasted to see what worked and what didn’t. Finally I searched for the perfect combination between every color, every form, every line. Today collages are about just cutting and pasting and seeing what happen. But I thought it better to think about and place them in a more static style.”