Paper dolls
Issue #33
Meet four paper mavens who create art one sheet at a time
By Stephanie Davila
Published: September 1st, 2007 | 12:00am
Nikki McClure’s X-actly Right
Armed with a black sheet of paper and an X-acto knife, Nikki McClure cuts some of the most innovative and inspiring paper art of our time. Each year, McClure creates a calendar bursting with vibrant imagery with social undertones of sustainability, simplicity, and love. “My images are from my life,” the Olympia, Washington, artist says. “They have specific stories and memories, but I want them to resonate with other people’s memories. I don’t want to tell you what to think about them, but I do want the pictures to change the world.” Her 2008 calendar, Things to Make and Do: Volume 10, is out now. ($16, buyolympia.com)
Laurie Coughlin’s Got a Serious Sweet Tooth
“I love sweet treats,” says Laurie Coughlin, the brainchild behind Motormouthpress LLC in San Francisco. Inspired by desserts, Coughlin designs multifunctional cards and books. Her Neapolitan Blank Book is a 100-page, perfect-bound tome with a tri-color letterpress-printed ice cream sandwich. Its small format (6 inches by 7 inches) makes it ideal for toting around. Jot down your favorite recipes, inner thoughts, or your never-ending to-do list. Coughlin has a master’s of fine arts in papermaking and book sculpture and is currently working on a series of occasional cards for all of life’s precious moments. ($17, motormouthpress.com)
Amy Jo Hendrickson Will Beat You at Rock, Paper, Scissors
When Amy Jo Hendrickson started designing fliers in 1994 as a way to promote indie shows in her hometown of Fargo, North Dakota, she never dreamed that one day she’d be creating posters for some of the biggest acts around. But, never say never. Hendrickson put in time at the studio, perfected the art of silkscreen, and has been designing rock posters ever since. A Joan Jett print she created in October 2006 for a show in Minneapolis is one of her proudest projects to date. “It was a challenge to do a poster for someone I adore and admire so greatly,” she says. “What I ended up with was exactly what I wanted: a little bit of pop art, a little bit of ’80s, but also pretty badass and sexy.” ($20, gigposters.com, missamyjo.com)
Greetings from Amy Teh
Skip the text messaging and brighten someone’s day with an old-school note on one of these adorable hand-printed cards by Pinecone + Chickadee. The cards are made with 100% recycled paper and come with a matching envelope. Husband-and-wife team Amy Teh and Noah DeFilippis started their silkscreen business after moving from a pint-sized apartment in Brooklyn to a spacious spot in Maine. “I had been wanting to try crafting — to do something hands-on. We created a studio in our basement and then figured out how to silkscreen through trial and error, and lots of swearing,” says Teh, who worked as a graphic designer in the Big Apple. To pay homage to their new venture, the dynamic duo named their company after Maine’s state tree, the pine tree, and its bird — you guessed it — the chickadee. ($4, pineconeandchickadee.com)
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