It has always been a pleasure to feature origami jewelry created by Lisbon jewelry artist Renata Mayumi, and now I'm delighted to introduce her new and equally exciting collection of contemporary paper pulp jewelry.

as seen in La Moda, a Spanish fashion magazine
photographer: Orlando Goncalves
Renata used a completely different approach to create the pieces in Passing Clouds.... no folding was involved.


I invited Renata to tell us about this new work.


"As a very curious person, after finishing a Jewellery Design course in Lisbon, I kept exploring the materials and continued with my training using all sorts of jewellery techniques, but always with a special eye on paper as my main media.

I found interesting workshops at the West Dean College  an Art and Restoration College located in Chichester, one hour from London. In the beginning of 2017, I participated as a student in Paper Week, a series of workshops focused on different approaches on paper, such as paper sculptur…

Perhaps you remember artist Sarah King's papercut landscape scenes... colorful and unique, they're hard to forget! Would you like to create paper cuttings that are equally memorable? I'm happy to announce that via her new book for Search Press, Papercut Landscapes, you will learn the very process Sarah developed to create such appealing designs.


With a short list of supplies - pencil, eraser, craft knife or scalpel, a piece of paper and a cutting surface - plus the templates provided in the book and a certain amount of practice - even beginners will be able to create enchanting scenes just like Sarah's.


A self-taught artist, she often looks to holiday photos as inspiration for her cheerful papercuts. Sarah is a natural born teacher and thoroughly explains the process of creating a drawing, transferring it to card stock, carefully cutting the outline and filling it with layers of colorful card.


There are a dozen landscape templates that take you from coast to country…

It's January and that means shades of gray and white are the order of the day here in Delaware. Ever since coming across Coleccion Serpentina, I knew the dead of winter would be the perfect time to feature the warmly colored paper sculpture art of Jesús Rentería Franco.


Bright, glossy and oh so appealing, each piece is made with a practical use in mind, many as home decor objects. Curious to learn more about his work, I wrote to Jesús; he was pleased to tell us about the business he and his wife Yolanda have built and continue to expand.


"I am from southern Mexico, specifically from Acapulco, a proud Afro-descendant and admirer of our cultural diversity. I studied industrial design, graduated from university in 2000 and together with Yolanda started the search for a Mexican design that is true to our heritage. We wanted to include all of our cultural features that people identify with Mexican contemporary design.


During the search that took some years, we developed diffe…