Paper Sculpture for Set Design
Influences
A course by Sarah Louise Matthews , Paper Engineer
Joined April 2021
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now, I will show you some of my favourite artists, who influenced me and inspire me every day.”
In this video lesson Sarah Louise Matthews addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Paper Sculpture for Set Design. Learn paper crafting techniques to create beautiful 3D illustrations and structures for a product photography set.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I'll be sharing some of my influences and inspirations behind my work. I’ll start by showing you this book, "The Papercraft Ideas Book," which shows a wide range of work from different artists using paper as their medium. I like to concentrate on my own style and experimentations I also see how other people get creative by using paper in their work. Some of my favourite artists in the book are Fideli Sundqvist and Hattie Newman, Fideli made this penguin scene here, with the little penguin animals, the rocks and the background. She explains in the text how she deve...”
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Course summary for: Paper Sculpture for Set Design
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Design, DIY, Paper Craft, Product Photography, Sculpture, Set Design, Traditional illustration

Sarah Louise Matthews
A course by Sarah Louise Matthews
Sarah Matthews is a paper engineer based in Yorkshire, England who has been making things out of paper for as long as she can remember. She went on to study textile surface design at university, but soon realized that her true passion lay in working with paper and so decided to specialize in it. After graduating she began selling her paper products on Etsy and sharing them on social media, where her work began attracting commissions.
Since then, she’s built a following of over 30K on Instagram and created paper window displays for brands including Ted Baker, Pandora, and Selfridges. She’s also written for Mollie Makes Magazine and published her own book, Paper Craft Home, in which she shares her expertise.
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