Paper Sculpture for Set Design
Caring for Your Creations
A course by Sarah Louise Matthews , Paper Engineer
Joined April 2021
About the video: Caring for Your Creations
Overview
“For this final lesson, I’ll explain how I care for my work, whether it be to display it in my studio or to send it off to a client.”
In this video lesson Sarah Louise Matthews addresses the topic: Caring for Your Creations, 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
“Caring for Your Creations In this lesson, I'll explain how I care for my work, whether it's on display in my studio or being sent up to a client. In my studio, I keep my work behind glass and out of direct sunlight as the glass stops it from getting dusty and the bright sunlight can bleach the paper over time. It's best to keep it behind glass and out of the light. Over time, even indirect sunlight can bleach the colour of the paper. Pieces not kept behind glass gets dusty. The best way to deal with this, is to pick the piece up off the surface, gently blow the dust off, dust the surface wi...”
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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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