Farm Kitchen – Game Farm Life
We've just returned from an amazing few days on a Game Farm in Klaserie. Our friends invited us to their family farm. Even with an almost 12 hour...
Concertina Shells – Folded Book Art Installation
These are the interesting leftovers from an enormous project we have just completed. Christy, Sandile, Hlengiwe and myself have sourced, sliced,...
Recycled Tapestry – FOUND! Tropical Parrot
This pretty polly was a stray from the SPCA. I knew I could give her a happy place to stay, so took her home with me, and set her free from the...
artSPACE Exhibition Durban – Thank You!
Big thank yous to some talented locals for coverage of the I Love Pop-Up-Shop at artSPACE in Durban. I am so delighted with the way they have...
Folded Book Shelving – Decor Storage
Barrel Roll Folded books stacked into shelving. The print stripes and gentle folds form a pleasing rhythmic backdrop to some quirky...
Book Fold Tutorial – Basic Barrel Roll
In response to loads of interest, we will be posting some tutorials on the art of book folding or Bibliogami. It has become a very popular...
Book Print Dyed Protea – Tickled Pink…
I have grown quite passionate about paper - in particular book paper. I have learnt that each page has a grain, some pages are firm and flexible,...
Autumn Leaf Craft – Heart Leaf Heart
Every year, when the trees are finished using their leaves, they throw piles of them onto the grass in our garden, I like to pick some of them up...
Origami Lilies – Gorgeous Gentle Gentian
Today we are going to be making up a large batch of paper boutonnieres or buttonholes. It reminded me of some we made a while ago. We had 2...
Paper Origami Teapot Trio from Book Paper
I am a collector of vintage How-to books. I love the hand drawn diagrams and antiquated pics. I love to catch glimpses of the history of...
Paper Strelitzia Flowers – Vibrant and Striking
I've been working like crazy to list all the paper flowers in the online store before leaving for the Design Indaba Expo. The range of ...
Recycled Packaging Proteas
A bunch of these were delivered to Nampak Sacks this week, to thank them for passing on some of their packaging waste, so that we can make beautiful...












