Papercaft Inspirations - UK (2019-12)

Crafting a new dimension

W

hatis yourlevelof3D

crafting?Manycard

makershavemadea

pop-upboxcardatonetimeor

another,butit canbeintimidating

togotoofarbeyondthat.Postal

costsputcraftersoff3Dmakes,

whereit'ssafertosticktobasic

découpage,inkeffectsormatting

and layering to add dimension and

maketheirdesignspop.Butsome

craftersareembracingthepower

of3Dpaperina bigway,andhave

madethistheirspeciality.One

suchcrafteris KeziaHulse.Keziais

a graduatefromtheCambridge

SchoolofArt,workingwithsmall-

scalesetsandpapercharacters,

whosespectacularpaper

illustrations have led her into

business,creatingdesignsfor

clientsincludingVisitCambridge

andMollieMakes.

“Paperis a reallyversatile

materialtouse,”Keziatellsus–

andweagree!“Youcancreate

effectivesetswithrelativeease

justbyfoldingandcutting.Formy

illustrations,eventhoughthe

shapes are graphic and clean cut,

Stepbeyondstickyfoampadsandtraveltoa wholenewcraftdimension,wherepaper

and card burst out to shine in dioramas, 3D paper makes andsomuchmore!

BEHIND THE SCENES

it stillretainsa handcraftedquality,

whichis broughtoutbytheuseof

paper;peoplecanseehowit’s

beenmade.”It'struethatoneof

thecharmingthingsabouther

workis youcanseethatthe

elementshavebeenhand-cutfrom

paper,andoftenincludemixed

mediatouches,suchasrealmaps.

“Although ridiculously fiddly,

NextonillustratorKezia

Hulse'sto-dolistis

pop-up Xmas cards