About

Megan Jewel is an artist and maker currently based in New Orleans. Megan’s

whimsical illustrations explore the relationship between our human emotions

and the colors, patterns and shapes found in nature using only tiny scissors,

paper, and glue. Finding quiet moments in the process of cutting each shape,

Megan’s “paper meditations” reflect on the artist's sense of self, home, and

belonging. In each composition, the negative space is considered as equally

as the positive, showing how each shape relates to the others. The thoughtful

placement of each piece of paper invites the viewer to contemplate the way

visual sense connects to our emotional state. As a lifelong collector and

documentarian, Megan uses photographs and found objects from her daily

walks in New Orleans to inspire her vibrant paper collages.

Megan received a B.S. in Cinema & Photography from the Roy H. Park School

of Communications at Ithaca College in 2006. Megan is the host of craft

workshops and classes throughout the New Orleans area, and has

collaborated on and developed craft experiences for numerous local

businesses, schools, and organizations. When Megan isn’t cutting shapes,

she enjoys experimental textile dyeing, bicycling, baking, attempting to play

the banjo, and hanging out with her cat, a calico named Cookie.