Handmade Papercuts

Discover my papercuts. Hand cut from the pages of fiction novels.

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The Art of Paper Cutting

Papercutting is the art of using a scalpel or scissors to create intricate paper artworks. The art form is believed to originate from China over 2 thousand years ago.

Paper cutting is known as Jianzhi in China, Wycinanki in Poland, Kirigami in Japan and Scherenschnitte in Germany.

My papercuts take many hours to complete and all feature pages from fiction novels.

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COMING SOON

Angela Carter

COMING SOON// A new series of single edition papercuts featuring the novels of Angela Carter

  • LOVE

  • HEROES AND VILLIANS

  • THE BLOODY CHAMBER

What's your cut?

I have a wide range of papercuts in different sizes, prices, and finishes. Collections include:

Hand cut single page papercuts

Hand cut double papercuts

Hand cut multi-page papercuts

Hand cut micro cuts;

'So many books, so little time.'

Frank Zappa

About James

James is a British-born, mixed media artist specialising in handmade, book art paper cutting.

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PRINTS & MERCH

A selection of over 100 original literature inspired fine art pints, t-shirts, and greeting cards.