Tips on How to Make Paper Doll Chains

Papercutting artist and magical storyteller Karishma Chugani shows you the best way to cut out a chain of paper dolls

Karishma Chugani (@karishma.chugani) is an illustrator, writer and designer. Fascinated by the art of storytelling , she mainly uses papercutting to illustrate her tales.

This wonderful artist researches and recreates ancient storytelling techniques, like shadow puppets, pop-up theater books and story boxes. She has taken part in numerous projects, including the special edition of Le Chocolat des Français x Instagram (2018), which was launched to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Her published works include: This Body is Human (2015) or the pop-up theater book: To Night and Back (2015). She teaches creative workshops for children, teachers and illustrators in her mobile school: L’École de Paper.

Cutting out a chain of paper dolls may seem easy, but it requires a degree of skill. Especially if you want your dolls to stay together! Karishma Chugani explains her tips to ensure success when the great moment arrives and you open your chain... Don’t miss her expert advice!

Like these tips? Remember you can learn how to illustrate stories using papercutting in Karishma Chugani’s online course: Papercutting Techniques for Storytelling.

English version by @studiogaunt

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