Truly, madly, deeply... Behind the scenes of our PaperLove shoot

For me doing what you love is many things, but one of them is having time and space for creativity. And when I feel like making something I usually turn to paper as my material of choice. It is so versatile, so beautiful, and offers so many possibilities. I have also had an obsession with stationery for as long as I remember, and often write snail mail instead of emailing. So when I met book artist Rachel Hazell, and realised there was someone else just like me, it was a revelation. Through Rachel’s world of book and paper lovers I realised that it wasn’t just us, but in fact there was a whole host of people who also revere paper and all its possibilities. A veritable tribe in fact. From the moment I set foot on a remote Scottish island to make paper books with Rachel, I was hooked. So it is with absolute delight that we are launching the world’s very first online course for paper lovers: PaperLove. We are very nearly ready for class to begin on March 31, but last week had to put the final pieces together with my very favourite part of the process – filming!

We packed our car (so much stuff with a baby!) and drove north to Scotland, to film the course videos for our new online course PaperLove, with Edinburgh-based Rachel Hazell. It was a veritable feast of papery goodness, with cutting, sticking, folding, writing, stitching, chocolate eating, tea drinking and a whole lot of laughing. We were blessed to work with a brilliant team including cameraman Simon Laidlaw of Cut Mustard, Elle Decoration interiors photographer Uli Schade and make up artist Jenni Muir. Mr K was on hand to do the lunch run, clear the studio, make continuity lists and entertain baby! (Images below by Uli Schade)