Wedding celebrations and birthday gifts!

Sorry it's been a while! I have been really busy, still getting set up actually.

Just wanted to show a couple of paper projects I have worked on lately. Both utilised slightly different methods so here goes!

Roxannes' 21st birthday! (my little sis :] )

Remember a few posts back, the jewellery storage frame? I said I would make one for my sisters 21st and I did! It's a much smaller version, I made it specifically for earrings and I also bought her a lovely pair from Accessorize to go with it

Roxannes' frame

A close up of the earrings I bought her for her 21st.

I found inspiration from a wrought iron panel and made her a paper cutting for her birthday card;

 

A close up of the bird detail

Steve and Chantelles' wedding;

I hand made this wedding card using 2 different methods of paper craft; paper cutting for the main piece and for the inside of the dress I used iris folding.  

A full view of the piece for the wedding card

A close up of the cut lettering and the heart / leaves detail

A closer look at the iris folding for the dress

Unfortunately I had to work that evening, so I didn't get to attend the reception. At least the card shows I had thought of them :)

Anyway, just a quick one this evening, very tired and have a busy and long day tomorrow!

Paper Sculpture - my favourite medium! (Tutorials coming soon!)

If I had to pick one thing concerning my creativity that I would NEVER give up, (it would be extremely difficult to pick) but it would be my paper crafting and sculpture. It covers so many areas such as quilling, folding, decoupage, cutouts, etc. I love to work with paper so much - the different weights, textures and colours and how each respond differently to manipulation. I may be weird but it gets me going - but each to their own, eh? If I could be paid enough to do nothing but paper sculpture, that would be ideal. One day it will happen!

I will be posting often on this topic, so I wanted to use this as an introductory post on the subject and show some works I have previously done. I am working on a big project at the moment and taking pictures along the way, so when it's done I will give a write up and tutorial for anyone who wants to try this amazing art form.

The way I work focuses heavily on layering techniques, and very importantly - lighting, to convey emotion and show the work in it's true form or the way it is meant to be seen.

Some previous works; the first few pictures are from my final self directed project during my degree - the theme was Imprints, and I took the memories of a good friend after interviewing her and making a series of paper sculptures.It's actually not finished, there is alot i want to do with it, but here are some images as they stand now:

Introductory / typographic sculpture

 

 

'Nanna' and 'Poppa's' wedding day

A close up of the bouquet, made with wedding confetti!

Watching through the window

Daffodils

Another piece I made for self promotion (they went on business cards)

A very recent piece, done in practice for my new secret project!

Without Lighting, still interesting and beautiful

Lighting makes all the difference

A closer and more detailed / high contrast view

Anyway, I hope you see why I love paper - so versatile and so beautiful. All of the sculptures are made with nothing but paper, maybe glue, 3d tape, knives obviously, scissors and like the last image some jewels used for decoration.

Hope you enjoyed this! More to come, so stay posted!