After recently posting about the papercut of a KolKol bush that I made in the Norval Sculpture garden (read about it here), it occurred to me that not everyone knows that a lot of Skinny laMinx designs started with cut paper. Some of them – like the Pincushion Protea that I cut in my studio …
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Start by cutting paper.
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History lesson: Flower Fields
I was sorting through my studio the other day, and came across my original papercut Flower Fields design, which I based on a flower in a vintage Dutch cushion that still lives on our sofa at home. Flower Fields has been such a hit over time, produced in so many colours and so many products …
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History lesson: Pincushion Protea
The Pincushion Protea design has been around for a while, having quite a time of it ever since it started out as a simple papercut in my (now demolished) studio on Buitengraght Street one day way back in 2008. Just look at all the things it has appeared on over the years! I started …
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Imaginary friends
Over the last year or so, you may have spotted the reverse paper dolls I’ve been making in my studio on a Making Friday. Just for fun, I’ve been drawing a person, then cutting out an item of their clothing to hold over a patterned background, inventing new outfits for them. It’s fun seeing how …
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