Canvollage begins with painting.

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The canvas becomes a pictorial surface where color, material, texture, and gesture build an initial story, but that story does not necessarily end when the surface is complete. A fragment may come from an existing painting, but it may also be painted, shaped, and deliberately prepared to become part of a new composition. Each fragment develops its own identity through its colors, textures, marks, and gestures, and its meaning can transform when it enters into relationship with others. A process of selection, displacement, and reconstruction then begins, in which the fragments are arranged and repositioned to discover new possibilities within the composition. It is not simply about putting back together what has been separated, but about discovering what it can become when new relationships are formed.

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Hand stitching is essential to this process. The thread passes through the canvas and becomes more than a means of joining: it becomes a visible presence within the artwork, establishing connections, pathways, and rhythms across the surface. Sometimes, even what remains after a fragment has been cut can continue its journey and become part of another composition, allowing the material itself to move from one artwork to another.

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What remains does not necessarily remain behind.

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Thus, in Canvollage, fragmentation does not mean an ending, but the opening of new possibilities. A fragment may carry a story with it, be created with an intention, or discover that intention when it enters into relationship with others.