Featured Artist of the Week: More Paper Than Shoes

 

Hi Lovelies! 

I'm so glad you stopped by because this week we are getting up close and personal with the fabulous Anna Fearer - artist and owner at More Paper Than Shoes!

Are you ready for some major inspiration boosters?

Many of you who've been following Anna are familiar with her beautiful paper flower collection and fantastic custom designs for high end clients.  

 I'm pretty sure many of her followers became paper flower artist selling blooms worldwide because they attended Anna's famous tutorial classes! 

Did you know Anna's fabulous floral designs inspired me even before I started making paper flowers? Back in days, Anna had a monthly challenge featured on her blog and I was part of the Design Team to create an inspiration design for the following month challenge. I learned so much during those months...I'll be forever grateful to have crossed Anna's path all these years ago.  

Now, let's hear from the artist herself! 

I asked Anna a few questions and here is what she shared with us:

How or why did you start making paper flowers?

I found myself one day in my garage going through some old scrapbook boxes. I notice that I had a lot of scraps left over from the scrapbook layouts I had created and for some reason I could not bring myself to throw them out. I took a punch that was next to me and started punching out flower cuts. The retro flower punch by EK Success to be exact. I had a lot of petals after I was done so I started to stack them and play with them. Next thing I knew my scrappy friends started asking me if I would sell some of my flowers to them. I loved making them so much and the demand was very high so I started selling on Ebay. Now I create flowers for all kinds of projects, events and clients. 

There is so much joy creating something out a simple piece of paper to make another person's space in this world a little brighter.

What is your most important artist tool? Is there something you can’t live without in your studio?

My most important tools are PanPastels and Inks. I can't decided which one I need the most. They are both equally important to me and my creations. Natural light is also another thing that I find I must have in my studio to make sure that the colors are blending well. When arranging flowers in a bouquet natural light helps with color balance too. My advice to anyone reading this would be make sure that you have a lot of natural light where you work. 

What is your dream paper flower project?

To work with Preston Bailey. Hands down my DREAM job! He is a remarkable designer when it comes to working with flowers. He brings ,working with flowers, to a whole different level! His imagination is wild and fun. He also has a romance for flowers, you can tell in the way he works with them. I could go on and on about him and his work. If you see me in Barnes and Noble, you will most likely see me with one of his books in my hand and a coffee in the other.

Favourite or most inspirational place?

Anywhere outside. I reallyl love walking the botanical gardens and photographing all the different types of flowers. This one might be a little strange when it comes to flowers but I am really inspred by old architectural buildings. They do not make buildings or homes like they use to anymore. The detail they would use to put in the brick work, you could be there for hours finding all types of pretty little ornaments peeking out at you. They used a lot of ornamental details in the 20s and 30s that I adore. Since  those details flutter my heart and stimulate my creative side, I try to bring that into a lot of my bouquets. Details are my favorite thing about making a bouquet. 

Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Anna's gorgeous floral compositions:

Are you inspired yet? 

Thank you for joining us for this week's amazing feature! 

How wonderful it was to get to know our blog guest Anna!

You can follow Anna on Facebook and Instagram
and here is her lovely online shop if you wish to treat yourself with her fabulous creations!

Until the next time, don't forget to share this post!

Sending virtual hugs!