Pasarelle – Mixed Media Collage on Paper

The Original

Pasarelle by Robin Rivers is an original piece of mixed media collage on paper. I created this piece using archival photography, handwritten letters, found photography that has not been digitally altered, handmade papers, and acrylic medium. 

How I source and care for historical materials → Sources

The piece measures 17×13″ (w/h) unframed and is mounted on paper. Shipping will be calculated based on location.  Please note that colours and contrast vary between different monitors.  The colours may not match your monitor’s display exactly. Additionally, copyright of my artwork does not transfer with purchase.

The Inspiration for Pasarelle by Robin Rivers

Pasarellle is inspired by a sense of living between two worlds with the boat docks in Gdańsk, Poland and the Pont Neuf arches in Paris. Having lived under partition for centuries, Polish people including my ancestors carried their cultural foundations in their hearts. Wherever I am is Poland because it lives inside me.

Sources

• • Archiwów Państwowych (State Archives of Poland)
  • Paris Musées Archives (letter and photo of Pont Neuf)
  • Artist materials
    • Handmade papers, vellum, gold paint and gilding, photo paper, gel pens, acrylic matte medium

Notes on Care

I build each collage from public‑domain materials—primarily found pieces, archives—and note what’s known about dates and collections. Where details are uncertain, I mark them as circa. My aim is to honor the past—its beauty and its blemishes—while inviting you into a story that feels intimate and true to its time.

The Artist

Robin Rivers is an artist, photographer, and writer who creates from conversations with ancient ponds and old trees, spirits of place and old ones whose lost stories want to be told. As a mixed-media artist, Rivers works with original photography, museum archives, and storytelling to give form to the old ones who speak to her through dreams, deep listening, and walking the land in ancient places. Her practice weaves together mystical guidance and archival research, creating magical pieces that restore powerful lost connections and stories rising up once again. Robin creates all pieces at Studio Albertine in Vancouver, Canada—on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. This includes the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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