Mayuko Fujino uses stencils layered over collages of
magazine pages and found papers to create her illustrations, a very similar
technique to the one that I used to create my patterns. Although it is not her
main inspiration, she links her use of stencils to the use of stencilling in
traditional Japanese textiles, but says that her work is based on personal
experiences and interests rather than tradition. She uses collage and
stencilling to make her work, seeing the collage as modern and the stencilling
as traditional.
