Paper

Sculpture for campaigns, exhibitions and shop windows. Cut, scored and folded from paper and card, and photographed on the bench where it was made.

Samurai, 2023. White card and one red ribbon.

Campaigns

A paper kitchen rising out of an open book, with a child in a chef's hat — Culinary dreams. For Nestlé, 2023.

A paper nursery rising out of an open book, a mother rocking her baby — Mother and child. For Nestlé, 2023.

A white paper elephant and rhino rising out of printed pages, on a green backdrop — Reach for a Dream. Campaign for Black River.

White paper music scene with headphones and speakers on an orange backdrop — The same campaign: music.

Sculpture

Close-up of a paper macaw, every feather cut separately in blues, greens and white — Macaw, 2024. Every feather cut separately.

Alice in Wonderland exhibition piece: white paper legs and waves on blue — Alice in Wonderland. Exhibition piece, 2024.

Lamps folded from the pages of old books, lit from inside — Book origami lights. Folded from the pages of old books.

Painted leaves, 2025

Hand-painted paper leaves with spots, stripes and veins, laid out on a tiled floor, seen from above — Hand-painted paper leaves, laid out on the floor before installing. December 2025.

Close view of painted paper leaves in red, lilac and blue — Every leaf painted by hand.

Bouquets of crepe paper poppies, carnations and anemones in yellow, magenta and lilac — Crepe paper bouquets, 2025.

Hats and headpieces

Fascinators and brimmed hats built from cut paper flowers, for race days and weddings.

A headpiece of layered paper cornflowers in blues and teals with ribbon — Blue fascinator, 2022.

A cluster of yellow and orange paper blossoms with a trailing ribbon — Yellow fascinator, 2022.

Paper blossoms in pinks and purples with a spotted ribbon — Pink fascinator, 2022.

Paper flowers in blue, pink, yellow and orange scattered across a wide brim — Scattered bloom hat, 2022.

Bob Dylan in white paper: a wide-brimmed hat with a paper rose, and a fringed collar — Bob Dylan, 2019. From the fashion series.

From the archive

A booklet of paper sculpture pieces, opened across several spreads — Paper sculpture booklet. For ABSA, 2021.

A motorbike built entirely from paper — Paper motorbike for a post office campaign, 2021.

A colourful paper sculpture of a dinner party, in two scenes — The Art of Dining. Best Illustrators award, 2000.

White paper sculptures of an elephant, a lion, an eagle and a figure — Elephant, lion and eagle. For Antalis, 2008.

A collection of paper pieces made as creative briefs — Creative briefs for an ad agency, 2021.

Bright pop-up paper cityscapes on yellow — Local Reliable Results, 2023.

Pop-up paper maps of South African landscapes — Pop-up maps of South Africa, 2024.

Plates of food made entirely from paper — Paper food sculpture. For Nola, 2023.

White paper fashion figures photographed on black — Fashion figures. For Wanted magazine, 2023.

A row of colourful paper trophy designs — Trophy designs. For Nando's.

Close view of book pages folded into repeating fans — Book origami. Every page folded by hand.

Old books folded into round fans of pages, standing in a row — Book origami, folded into fans.

An exhibition stand lettered Digital Wonderland: a paper caterpillar on a mushroom among bright paper plants, the white Alice piece on the wall behind — The Alice in Wonderland piece on its stand, Digital Wonderland, 2024.

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