About

Caroline Rees is a surface designer who has been creating and cutting stencils for nearly 30 years. Her career began in printed textiles, moved into large-scale architectural sandblasted glass, and now focuses on the timeless craft of paper cutting. 

She is drawn to simple, bold, and graphic imagery, inspired by primitive art, Scandinavian textiles, her Welsh heritage, and the stunning Gower landscape where she lives - all infused with her love of illustration and design.

Caroline gained recognition for her distinctive architectural glass, completing public and private commissions, including a large-scale glass wall for a surgery in Windsor — a project that led to her meeting the Queen.
Today, she delights in the simplicity and tradition of paper cutting, creating contemporary, often playful images designed to bring joy and spark a smile.

If you would like to commission a bespoke papercut or sandblasted architectural glass, please contact me at caroline@carolinerees.co.uk or tel: 07887767556
Studio visits can be made by prior arrangement.

Papercuts

I specialise in creating contemporary and original black and white papercut artwork, painstakingly cut by hand or by laser from the finest paper with the smallest of scalpels. Inspired by the people I meet, the dramatic coastal landscape where I live and scenes from family life, I transform my drawings into linear patterns making pictures which exaggerate the decorative characteristics of my surroundings.

All my papercuts are originally cut by hand to ensure that the composition works before I make a decision about whether or not to have it laser cut in a limited edition. They start out as a rough sketch in my sketchbook which are drawn again to work out the composition before finally being re-drawn onto heavyweight black Italian paper and cut by hand. If I'm happy with how it looks then it's photographed and saved on my computer. I use my mouse to draw around this image, plotting every single line to tell the laser where to cut. This stage is very laborious but important as the quality of the final piece is determined by my accuracy with the mouse! Finally the lasercut is mounted in relief - I like the shadows it creates -  and many of the pieces are hand finished with a collage of colour, making each one slightly different.

What's been said about my papercuts...

Bought as a Christmas gift for my daughter, who already has 2 of Caroline's works. Sure she will love it. Well packed, posted out quickly. Looks gorgeous framed!! Exactly as described and shown on the website. Thanks Caroline, excellent service!!

Really love my Lovebirds. And had some useful information from Caroline about visiting her studio.

A wonderful piece and quick, safe delivery - Thank you!