I’m slightly obsessed with circles at the moment and I’m not afraid to admit it! This month I’ve been playing around with my circular designs, adding text to them and other bold shapes and patterns. The first design I finished is a personalised mandala, which has names within one of the circles. The rest of […]
Patience plus Paper and Paint
In the run up to Christmas I’ve been doing some local craft fairs and Christmas markets. I spend lots of time explaining to people how my work is created and showing them the originals in my portfolio. I know that at first glance, it’s not always obvious that my originals are paper cuts in the traditional sense, […]
Sweetheart
When I started drawing out my recent design ‘Sweetheart’, I never imagined how popular the idea would be. The idea was – a heart shape, filled with cuts shaped like my favourite traditional sweets, such as shrimps, cola bottles, jelly beans and teddy bears (to name a few). Once I cut all the sweet shapes […]
Original Papercut Miniatures – available now!
When I create papercut designs which haven’t been commissioned by someone, I usually keep the original for my portfolio and sell prints, cards, etc of that design. I find it very hard to part with my original work as I spend so much time drawing and designing it, cutting it by hand, then meticulously painting […]
Kelly Cuts Castell Coch – An Interview with Tongwynlais.com
I was recently approached by Jack from Tongwynlais.com about my Castell Coch papercut. He asked some questions about the piece, and it really made me think about why I chose it as a subject and why it’s special to me. Having grown up in Pontypridd, seeing the castle always made me feel like I was […]
Moonlight Sailing
My newest original design ‘Moonlight Sailing’ has been a work in progress for a while, but is now available to buy as prints and cards from my Folksy shop. If you are a fellow papercutter, you can also purchase a template to cut your own. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”9″ gal_title=”Moonlight Sailing”] Like most of my original pieces, […]
Welcome to Kelly Cuts Paper
Welcome to my new website! I hope to regularly update the site with my new work and projects. Feel free to have a browse around and if you have any questions or comments, please get in touch, I love hearing from you. Kelly x