Handmade analog paper collage photographed flat from above on black cardboard. Each element is a separate cut-out with a thin white paper border left from scissors, slightly uneven edges, soft drop shadows underneath, some corners lifted and curling. Baroque painted flowers cut from old art book prints with craquelure and warm yellowed paper, mixed with cut-out glossy magazine photographs of a plastic bottle, a food delivery box, receipts and price tags, cooler colors and visible halftone print dots. Inconsistent scale between pieces. Crumpled plastic bag photo as the vase. White mycelium threads cut from a scientific photo layered over the bottom pieces. Dark soil with sprouts at the bottom. A few pieces of yellowed masking tape, scraps of gold leaf, visible paper grain, overhead soft light, vertical
