About me

Hello, I'm Jane.

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I'm a textile, collage, assemblage and book artist, and I work mainly with found objects, old papers and photographs. I live in Plymouth, and most of what I make starts somewhere else: a flea market, a hedgerow, or a box of photographs nobody wanted.

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I work with stitch, collage, assemblage and artist books. I like to make stories, and to give forgotten things a second life. When I hold a photograph of someone I never knew, I'm reminded that they felt the same fears and pleasures we do, whatever the century. That connection to the people before us runs through almost everything I make.

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WHAT I MAKE

Altered photographs

Collages from found papers

Small assemblages in boxes and tins

Artist journals and artist books, made from old book pages and ephemera

Textile pieces made from antique fabrics

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I've kept an illustrated daily journal for years. It isn't a work of art, far from it, but it's always where my day ends.

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TEACHING

More than 3,000 students have joined my online classes, and the classes have subtitles in Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese and French. I also teach in person, including at West Dean College, and I've taught workshops and retreats in Germany, the USA, Portugal and the UK.

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Many of the people who join my classes are coming back to creativity after a long time away, or starting for the first time. You don't need any experience, some paper and the desire to try something new will do!

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BOOKS

I co-wrote 'Artful Memories: how to create unique art with old photographs' with Jack Ravi, published in 2021.

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My e-book, 'Don't Fear the Blank Page', gives ideas and exercises for using handmade books and art journals.

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I've also designed:

Stencils for StencilGirl called Whispering Grasses, Seedhead Silhouettes and Fading Blooms.

Art Foamies for Artfoamies.com based on antique lace designs.

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EXHIBITIONS AND FEATURES

In 2024 one of my pieces was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London. My work has also been shown at the International Exhibition of Collage in Madrid, and twice at the Vayo Collage Gallery in New York. The full list is on my Exhibitions page, and interviews and features are on In the Spotlight.

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If you'd like to begin, my online classes are a gentle place to start. And if you make something, I'd love to see it. You can find me on Instagram at @janechipp.