Japanese Paper Cut Panels

The beauty and particular qualities of Japanese papers have long been an important part of my work. Whether cutting by hand or using laser for larger works, I work from drawings, mapping patterns, shapes, contours and edges. Cutting is often combined with colour and printed imagery.

The cut paper panels are ‘floated’ in layers of glass and framed, giving depth and casting shadows.

Pause - In Flight

Laser cut printed and dyed Japanese Kozo paper, floated between two sheets of glass, framed, 36cm x 43cm

£650 [sold - private collection]

Heath [Dunwich]

Dyed and printed cut Japanese Kozo papers, mapping shadows and dappled light. Framed and floated between two sheets of glass.

48cm x 60cm

£850

Lordenshawe 1

Laser cut from dyed and printed Japanese Kozo and Mingei papers, developed from drawings of lichens on Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland. Framed and floated between two layers of glass to cast shadow patterns.

48cm x 66cm

£850

Lordenshawe 2

Laser cut printed and collaged interlinked Japenese papers, mapping lichen patterns on ancient stones and heathland in Northumberland.

48cm x 66cm

£850

Brodgar 2

Lichen patterns cut from Japanese Kozo paper, floated in frame to cast shadows.

30cm x 60cm

£650