Cornwall in Paper – Landscapes Reimagined Exhibition

This exhibition brings together original handmade paper collages celebrating Cornwall’s coast, countryside and much-loved places

Created entirely from recycled magazines and junk mail, the exhibition rewards close looking, revealing unexpected words, colours and textures within each landscape. The show will include new Trebah-inspired collages created especially for the exhibition.

Cathy Harrison is a Cornwall-based paper collage artist and founder of Junk Mail Art. She creates detailed landscapes entirely by hand from recycled magazines and junk mail, transforming discarded paper into colourful interpretations of Cornwall’s coast, countryside and landmarks.

From a distance her collages can appear almost like paintings; up close, fragments of words, photographs and patterns reveal how they are made. Her work is stocked in over 25 shops across Cornwall, including the Eden Project, Trebah Garden and selected National Trust properties, and her public artwork can be seen at Plymouth Railway Station.