Make: Volume 82

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OME OF THE GREATEST

ARTISTS stumbled into

their niche by chance.

While Reina has always been

in the ar s c realm in one way

or another, she discovered her

passion for crea ng botanical

mixed media art a couple of

years ago. “I forage almost all

of my materials directly from

nature—wildfl owers, leaves,

even insects! I hand-pick, press,

arrange, and glue all of the

elements onto fabric or wood;

I also u lize my graphic design

and photography background to

turn my designs into art prints

and apparel. It brings me true

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