About me
Hi, I'm Jennifer Clifford
I’m the artist behind Adventures in Collage, a fine art and paper goods company based in North Beach, San Francisco. My travel-inspired artwork and handmade accessories are created for people who love to explore, seek meaningful experiences, and collect memories, whether close to home or across the globe.
An avid traveler and former interior designer, I discovered my passion for collage by blending papers collected on my journeys like maps, ticket stubs, and pressed flowers—with the bold textiles and wallpapers I once used in design. What began as a personal creative outlet has grown into a full-time career.
Each original collage is handcrafted, then scanned and digitally edited to produce a variety of elevated art prints and gifts that celebrate place, beauty, and personal story.
About the Work
My work is primarily representational and often inspired by my own photographs, sometimes a single image, sometimes a blend of many, which lends a touch of whimsy.
Travel, nature, and the quiet moments of everyday life in San Francisco continually shape my work, as I incorporate papers collected along the way.
My process mirrors the way I move through life: resourceful, intuitive, and creatively driven. I’m drawn to discarded materials and the challenge of giving them new life, uncovering beauty that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Each collage begins with a loose sense of place and evolves organically, layer by layer, as I add, remove, and rearrange until the image clicks. It’s an imperfect, exploratory process, and that’s where the magic lives.
