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Thank you Lesley for letting me know that this beautiful piece
is called Hidden Etching by Lizzie Thomas :)

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season! 

Thank you so much for supporting Scissors + Paper Rock! this year... 

Looking forward to a wonderful 2011 :)

Paper Bags

origami fold bags 

origami fold bags  

I have a particular love of packaging, paper and bags, so you can imagine how excited I was to see these magnificent creations from the graduation collection of Dutch designer Ilvy Jacobs. Fresh from her degree in Product Design at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Jacobs has launched herself upon the world with a collection that is at once breathtakingly exquisite but also mindfully functional. Her design process began with thoughts of the ubiquitous brown paper bag and its sustainability. These investigations led to the development of a range of fabric-reinforced paper and cardboard from which she then created a variety of functional shapes.
"These bags give a new view on everyday luxury and creates a new silhouette for the well known paper bag. By transforming its usual shape I try to make it stand out and hopefully it will be cherished instead of being just thrown away." Ilvy Jacobs

Apparently, you can buy her bags here, though I had difficulty finding them... I wouldn't be surprised if they were all sold out ;) Perhaps the best place for updates is on Ilvy Jacobs' website.

  

airplane bags

airplane bags

paper fold bags

crunch bags 

crunch bags

paper taped bags

photo credit - Igor Kruter
found via Famille Summerbelle

Paper lashes

The 'wow!' factor on these amazing paper eyelashes was so huge and immediate for me that I've just had to post about them straight away... are you still gasping too? How exquisite... how utterly inventive... and how fun!


Paperself is a London based company who have vowed to lead a 'paper revolution', and if these lashes are anything to go by, I'm going to keep a close eye on them to follow the spectacle. With inspiration drawn from Chinese papercutting, each design has its roots in a symbolic subject from the ancient Chinese culture... horses are symbols of success, peonies for happiness and good fortune and peach blossoms for love and romance. They have two styles - across the top lids or at the sides of the eyes (adds new meaning to having crows feet!). You can find out more about Paperself here.


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