#37 Telling Stories Through Paper Collage; An Interview with Elena Skoreyko Wagner
Mums F**king Matter · Lucy Wylde
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Show Notes
Elena Skoreyko Wagner is a Canadian illustrator and paper collage artist based in York, UK.
This is such a beautiful, REAL and honest conversation. Elena shares her experience of motherhood and her work and how she came to illustrate story books with paper collage.
I first saw an example of her work with the book 'My Mom Has Feelings Too' by K.D. Stoddard.
In this episode we speak about:
- Elena's experience of birth in 3 different countries
- the self-judgement, self-alienation and disconnection from other mothers we can so often have
- Elena's Dad playing his part in helping with her support network
- how 'beautiful spaces' are not everything and letting go of commercialised ideas (I f**king LOVE this point!)
- my experience with my emotions as a new Mama and why I was drawn to the book of K.D. Stoddard
- the precious 'WHY' behind Elena's work and her training/background
- my awful experience with a publishing company and the gatekeeping/censoring that can happen
- the stories held in the paper!
- another book Elena's worked on called 'Wild Trails To The Sea' by Penelope Jackson
Themes: Motherhood, Story Telling, Art, Mental Health
To learn more about Elena's work see here on her Instagram, or on Elena's website.
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