Peter Clark was born in Yorkshire, England in 1944, and studied at Manchester College of Art and Design (1962-1966). He has worked extensively in design and illustration, and his works have been on display all around the world.

Clark explains, "I create in collage everything from maps, labels, and discarded tickets to garments crafted from gift wrapping, musical scores, and love letters. My objective is to turn ordinary printed matter into exquisite works of art with character, beauty, and wit."

To check out more of Peter's collage work you can explore his website or look at his current exhibition at Portland Gallery.

Collage uses different pieces such as paper, photographs, fabric and other items, to assemble a new, different form. This art technique can be traced back to when paper was first invented in China in 200 BCE. Collage started to be used more commonly in the 10th century in Japan by calligraphers and poets.

Modern collage is often linked to the early stages of modernism in the twentieth century by artists like Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. In fact, the world 'collage' comes from the French papiers collés, which means 'glued papers.'