Cohort 52 is a platform for emerging voices from the Applied Art & Design program at Sierra College in Northern California. Cohort 52 is facilitated by Assistant Professor Vincent Pacheco.

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Lauren Jull

Lauren Jull

“Before I started, I only had a vague concept; the theme gradually evolved as I started making the collages.“

 

Interview

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? 

My name is Lauren Jull, I’m 20 years old, and I’m majoring in Illustration at Sierra College. Some of my hobbies include drawing, painting, crocheting, and hanging out with my cat.

 

How much experience do you have with collage?

I have a little bit of experience; I’ve done a couple of collages in the past for other classes, but I wasn’t super familiar with it.

 

Collage artists tend to be picky when it comes to their source material. Can you talk about your approach for selecting your images and/or publications?

When I was looking for images/publications, I didn’t really have a clear idea of what I wanted going into it; I just looked for anything that I thought was interesting. As much as I could, I tried to use things that I already had at home, but I also bought a magazine and a few old books so that I would have more options.

 

Were there any large themes you intended to explore or unpack before you began with this series of work? Did you stay on theme, or did things change as you began physically cutting and pasting images?

Before I started, I only had a vague concept; the theme gradually evolved as I started making the collages.

 

How did your background and life experiences inform your collages?

Honestly, I don’t know if my background influenced my collages all that much; I think they were influenced more by the source materials that I was working with.

 

What was your environment and set-up like when making the work? Did you listen to music? Did you work in isolation, or were you surrounded by distraction? Do you think this influenced the work you made?

When making the collages, I worked at my desk in my office. I was isolated and free from any distraction; however, the majority of the time, I was listening to music, which I think might have slightly influenced my work.

 

Scissors or X-Acto?

Both. I mainly used scissors to cut out individual pictures, and then after I was done with a collage, I used the X-Acto to trim around the edge of the page.

 

Was there anything unexpected that emerged while creating your work? Any new epiphanies?

I don’t know if I would call it an epiphany, but while I was making my collages, I realized that a lot of them included the theme of humanity destroying nature, which wasn’t really my original intention, but I think it fits with the theme I chose.

 

Looking at your work again, has your understanding of your collages changed over time? Has any hidden meaning emerged?

I don’t think so; my understanding of my collages hasn’t really changed.

 

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December 3, 2025

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