Beautiful paper boxes from Rie Elise Larsen.

Last time I was in London I made the usual pilgrimage to Magma Books on Clerkenwell Road. They had these really great postcard sets by Yellow Owl Workshop. A set of (4) designs, screen printed by hand on recycled cover stock, presented in a matchbook-style cover. I highly coveted the Analog set (above), but resisted the urge...

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Your Love Is The Anchor by British illustrator Ellie Cryer...

rob ryan

I randomly stumbled across Rob Ryan's book This Is For You one afternoon while browsing in the Muswell Hill Book Store, and I've been a fan ever since. This Is For You is a fairytale told through paper cut-out art, which explores the themes of love and loneliness. Rob is a British artist who specializes in papercutting and screen-printing, and who has a Masters in printmaking from the Royal College of Art.

'YOU HAVE ALREADY GONE TO BED. I STAY UP TO KEEP DRINKING AND LISTEN TO MUSIC AND MY GOD IT SOUNDS GOOD. PEOPLE KEEP ON MAKING GREAT MUSIC. BUT THERE ARE ONLY DO MANY NOTES AND ORDERS TO PUT THEM IN. HOW DO THEY DO IT?? HUMAN BEINGS SO RELENTLESS IT BREAKS YOUR HEART. JUST WHEN YOU’RE ABOUT TO GIVE UP ON THEM ALTOGETHER – THE SHIT WAY THEY TREAT EACH OTHER – AND THEN YOU HEAR A SONG SO TRUE AND BEAUTIFUL YOU INSTANTLY FORGIVE THEM EVERYTHING AND HEAR THEIR REAL VOICE “I KNOW I DO WRONG BUT I REALLY WANT TO TRY TO BE GOOD.” AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT MY DEATH AND ALL THE GREAT MUSIC THAT WOULD BE MADE FROM THAT DAY ON AND I WOULDN’T GET TO HEAR A SINGLE NOTE. AND I CRIED TEARS OF 100% SELFISH JEALOUSY. JEALOUS OF SOMETHING YET EVEN TO HAPPEN THAT WOULD NEVER AFFECT MY ROTTING DECOMPOSING CORPSE. THE HOT LITTL TEARS OF THE CHILD WHO WANTED EVERYTHING.'

''THIS BELL WILL RING WHEN I AM CRUEL TO YOU AND MAKE YOU CRY' and 'THIS BELL WILL RING WHEN WE GO BOWLING NEXT'

paper cut

I am seriously coveting this cut paper piece by Matthew Rich: “I’m trying to make paint exist as sculptural material.” Lush.

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Neat hand sewn card by designer Alison Shanik of King Popcorn.

su blackwell

Su Blackwell is a British artist who alters books and creates magical pieces of paper art. Her own artist's statement speaks for itself: "Paper has been used for communication since its invention; either between humans or in an attempt to communicate with the spirit world. I employ this delicate, accessible medium and use irreversible, destructive processes to reflect on the precariousness of the world we inhabit and the fragility of our life, dreams and ambitions. It is the delicacy, the slight feeling of claustrophobia, as if these characters, the landscape have been trapped inside the book all this time and are now suddenly released. A number of the compositions have an urgency about them, the choices made for the cut-out people from the illustrations seem to lean towards people on their way somewhere, about to discover something, or perhaps escaping from something. And the landscapes speak of a bleak mystery, a rising, an awareness of the air."

helen friel

If you haven't experienced the wonder of Helen Friel's paper art yet, then feast your eyes on her cut paper pigeons. Helen is a freelance Illustrator and Paper Engineer based in London. She studied at Central Saint Martins and her work has also been showcased on Design Sponge, and rightly so.

stina persson

I am obsessed with Stina Persson. Have been a fan for a long time, and then noticed that The Weinstein Co. had her design their slate material at Cannes this past year, and she collaborated with the photographers Bohman & Sjöstrand for the Interflora campaign. Stina works in a few different mediums, but it's her cut paper work that gives a girl like me faith that we can all make a living from cutting and pasting and making things pretty.