Case studies

Brief, then knife.

Each study keeps the illustration and the studio picture.

Editorial · 2025

Northline Review

Six quarterly covers cut from one family of shapes.

Cut-paper collage: a torn red arc, a mustard square, a teal shape and a grey scrap with black strokes on cream paper — Illustration

The brief

The review wanted covers that felt printed with a knife, not assembled in software.

Role: Cover illustration and eight interior spots per issue.
Usage: Print run of 18,000, plus the digital archive for twelve months.
Client: Northline Review

A studio wall pinned with red, cream and teal paper pieces above a work table — Picture

Identity · 2024

Marrow & Rye

The mark is a fold, not a loaf.

Cut-paper marks: black, mustard, teal and grey badges and folded arrows on cream paper — Illustration

The brief

They were tired of rustic scripts and illustrated loaves.

Role: Mark, packaging, menus, and a one-page brand sheet.
Usage: Packaging and shopfront for three years in the UK and Ireland.
Client: Marrow & Rye

A kraft parcel with a red paper band and a teal square on a plaster plinth — Picture

Publishing · 2026

The Paper Orchard

A tree that grows scissors.

Cut-paper pattern of olive-green branches with red berries on cream paper — Illustration

The brief

A picture book that had to feel handmade on every spread.

Role: Jacket, case, endpapers, and interior spots.
Usage: World English, print and ebook, five-year term.
Client: Little Lantern Press

Paper scraps, scissors, a pencil, tape and a stack of cream sheets on a cutting table — Picture

Campaign · 2025

Kite Postal

Four weather stamps that still read at fingernail size.

Cut-paper seascape: a folded paper boat on torn blue waves under a red sun and yellow clouds — Illustration

The brief

Detail that depends on zoom was banned in the first meeting.

Role: Four illustrations, a first-day sheet, and a poster.
Usage: Exhibition print and a year of tickets.
Client: Kite Postal Museum

A folded cream sheet over a red one, close up — Picture

Campaign · 2023

Velvet Signal

Six posters for a basement room.

Torn-paper poster: a black circle over red, white and teal strips — Illustration

The brief

Posters had to feel pasted, not posted.

Role: Poster series and a reusable title lockup.
Usage: Street paste-up for one season.
Client: Velvet Signal

A studio wall pinned with red, cream and teal paper pieces above a work table — Picture

Personal · 2026

Red Fold

A bestiary cut after hours. Not a style for hire.

A red cut-paper fox standing on cream paper — Illustration

The brief

No client. One animal, one evening, scraps already on the table.

Role: Personal series. Prints are not offered.
Usage: Not licensed.
Client: Studio — personal

Paper scraps, scissors, a pencil, tape and a stack of cream sheets on a cutting table — Picture

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