Lara’s philatelic love affair stemmed from a simple childhood present.

An album to keep the beautiful stamps her travelling parents were to send her from around the globe and she has been passionately collecting these miniature works of art ever since.  Magazine publishing followed a Graphic Design degree, however Lara still continued to be fascinated with the iconic beauty of postage stamps.

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After concentrating on a family, Lara is now immersing herself in her own art. Combining a life long passion with her art degree, the creation of beautiful handmade stamp artworks began to take shape.  When boxes of used stamps arrive, she loves to create orderliness from chaos by sorting “ my little pots of (stamp) colour ”  from which she creates her signature artworks. Designing simple yet striking patterns inspired from everyday, they make a bold statement whilst holding interest at a close and intimate level. 

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In her pieces, Lara aims to portray a more stylish image of an old fashioned hobby with the detail of the stamps complimented by the simplicity of the geometric shapes they feature in.  Each piece made is as individual as the franked stamps it contains.  The artworks may seem identical in form but remain unique due to different stamps carefully selected for each piece.  Identical, yet individual.