When I was a young child I used to love making paper
aeroplanes. I became quite good, making
modifications here and there until I perfected my design and managed to make
one that good really fly the distance.
After that I moved on to origami, paper sculpture and then anything else
I could think of. It didn’t take a lot to
keep me amused for hours as long as I had the stuff to make things. These days
with all the new materials and technology at our disposal we have no bounds to
our creativity.
Well I’m pleased to say that creating stuff with paper is
making a bit of a comeback, possibly on the back of the recent trend in paper cut
designs. Although I haven’t included any
paper cut designs here you don’t have to search far to find breathtaking
examples of this skilled and technically brilliant artwork. Some of it is truly
amazing and leaves you wondering how on earth you can do that with a simple
piece of paper.
Paper is such a versatile material it comes in many different
weights, different sizes and even rolls, lots of colours, textures and best of
all its relatively inexpensive. Apart from these wonderful attributes as long
as you’re not too adventurous it’s fairly easy to work with.
For the independent retailer with little to no budget for
window and in store displays it’s an ideal material to create visual impact and
draw customer attention. Even the simple
paper aeroplane can look impressive, as demonstrated by Selfridges back in 2009
as part of their centenary celebrations. They hung hundreds of small yellow
paper aeroplanes in store above their displays and I just loved it!
You don’t need loads of money to create some attention
grabbing displays but what you do need is a stack of paper, scissors, a few
other bits and bobs, plenty of patience, lots of effort and of course, a bit of
time!
Flypaper
Papered
Paperweight
Paperhanger
Paperless
Papergirl
Papermaker
Endpapers
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