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Paper Art creations inspired by land, sea & sky.

The Hinterland Studio is the home of East Sussex based artist Emma Donovan’s pen & ink botanical paintings and paper art installations. Inspired by coastline beachcombing in her East Sussex hinterland homeland and the chaos and pattern found in botanical forms seen throughout her East Sussex homeland and beyond.

Emma’s paper explorations culminate in intriguing paper-cut wall hangings, assemblage landscapes, paper forms molded into botanical or marine life forms or weaved into paper tapestries.  Emma often makes her own paper material using snippings and offcuts.

Her process starts with mixing and marking the paper with watercolour, inks and dye that splash, blend or bleed into the paper before marking  with other media such as black ink, pastel, chalks salt crystals, soil, sea water or pigments such as walnut extract. Emma loves the surprise or the happy incidental accidents that can come from experimenting and a frenetic work pace. 

When she has created something of interest, she then spends time deconstructing the paper either through cuts or scores, before reconstructing them into unique layered, sculptural paper forms and hangings. 

Emma also creates smaller artworks, artisan gifts and a selection of greetings cards and gifts.  She sells and shows in East Sussex and Kent, Surrey and Bucks. 
 

Emma is also an illustrator, commonly known as Peas-in-a-Pod and also creates cheekily illustrated greetings cards, children's books and gifts - inspired by bold, bright colours and her silly sense of humour.

GET IN TOUCH!

Instagram: @thehinterlandstudio.art

Enquiries: peasinapod11@gmail.com

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If you are a business interested in showing or stocking my work please get in touch to request a trade catalogue.  For any commissions or licensing enquiries - please email me for further details.

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