Scissorella: Creative Process Part I

I’m delighted to have been asked by Andersen Press to take over their Instagram account this week and share my creative process behind Scissorella: The Paper Princess.

Scissorella is written by the fantastic Clare Helen Welsh and combines the much loved Cinderella fairy tale with the inspiring real life story of German animator Lotte Reiniger.

Left: My silhouette of Lotte Reiniger, Right: Lotte’s silhouette animations

Lotte is one of my all time heroes, so I was thrilled when the team at Andersen sent me Clare’s text. I adore working in silhouette and with the subject of fairy tales, so Scissorella was the perfect match.

Here are some images from a school Zoom event @_reading_rocks_ of me showing children the picture book and how to make paper puppets from my home studio in London! Stay tuned for more…