This week for our 10 Questions With section, we are excited to chat with Jessa Dupuis, a designer, illustrator and mixed media collage artist based on Vancouver Island, Canada.
Jessa’s sketchbooks filled with her unique work caught our eye, partially because we...
"I am interested in artists who diligently stray from normal or pretty, who create and commit to their own standards and themes."
Bookbinding has always fascinated us here at Paperblanks, and for more than 20 years we have been mesmerized by the ancient art of bookmaking and its history. Imagine our delight when we came across the bookart work of Rachel...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people’s journals to celebrate their imagination and inspire others. This week we are happy to welcome Julian Herzel, a self-declared “Poet of the Soul” and urban planner with a particular focus on active cities,...
Name: Agnès Abécassis
Age: It's seven fifty-five, and the weather is cloudy (always glad to show my high level of understanding the English language. And I will let you imagine my accent!)
City/Town: Paris (don't you see my beret?)
Country: France (parlez-vous...
As part of our 30th birthday celebrations, we’re sharing a peek behind the scenes and introducing some of the people who help bring our products to life. Check out the Paperblanks30 tag for more special anniversary content!
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"I have painted for most of my life; I have written at various points too, sometimes as part of my job, less so for pleasure. But it was the re-evaluation that came with my middle years that brought the two creative forms together."
Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionist painters. The near spiritual excitement of his swirling brushwork, contoured forms and intense colour has had a powerful influence on the development of modern painting.
Van...
Name: Linda Shackelford
Age: 31
City: Auckland
Country: New Zealand
Places: I’ve lived in the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia but spent most time in the beautiful surroundings of my homeland, New Zealand. I’ve travelled extensively around Europe, to countries including the Netherlands,...
As you probably know by seeing our Embellished Manuscripts Collection, we are fascinated by beautiful lettering: all the peaks and valleys of cursive writing and the soothing calm of individual letters that come together to form words. You know...