Papermatrix is where I upload paperdolls and other printable toys of my own design for you to print, cut out and play with.
Teddy was made for my daughter Anna many years ago. At that time he was yellow to look like “Bamse” from Danish television. Later a little girl Zoey from Holland told me she would love him better if he was pink. And all his clothes should be pink too…
The woven paper heart (flettet julehjerte) is a Danish Christmas tradition. The patterns uploaded are constructed by me and supervised by Anna. We strive to renew the Christmas Heart, integrating the entire shape into the woven part of the heart. I intend mainly to upload hearts of our own invention. We do not copy but find inspiration where possible. I hope that the hearts will likewise serve as an inspiration to you.
The joined hearts and baskets are easy to make. We have designed some very simple and some in many layers of different colours requiring quite a lot of cutting out.
We also work to revive the tradition of the woven paper cone (flettet kræmmerhus). The cones are made using traditional basketry techniques combined with what we have learned from constructing paper hearts.
Then we figured out how to make a woven closed form.
And stars.
When Anna was 4 years old I made her a puppet theatre. I have always enjoyed making the set pieces and the dolls. Lately Anna suggested I made a small printable paper theatre. Here I could try out ideas. And why not share them with you?
© Do not commercialize the pictures
My name is Lene Schepper and I live in Denmark. I am a chemical engineer having spend more than 30 years preparing risk analyses for hazardous chemical industries, railways and other infrastructure systems. Anna decided to become an architect and graduated in 2009.
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Thanks for your wonderful, generous site — I find it really inspiring and pleasurable to visit. Your teddy costumes are delightful.
I’m enjoying your variations on the Danish-style woven paper hearts.
cheers
anne
i second that. wow, i love the designs of the traditional hearts with a twist! mange tak!
mvh
kristina
Your beautiful designs and amazing creativity make me feel happy to be alive.
Mange tak!
These designs take my breathe away…thank you SO much for sharing your wonderful creations!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your creations. I’m really looking forward to trying th closed forms like the spheres and was wondering if you had thought about doing an ellipsoid. I don’t think I could just squich a sphere though. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Well, Anna did also make a pattern for an egg form. I do not think squiching will do the trick. The form must be calculated using a programme like Rhino, as Anna did the other forms. Then you get exactly what you plan. I hope I may persuade her to make one or more elipsoides too.
Thank you for sharing, I love your stars and woven hearts.
Rosario
Helt og aldeles overvældende, ikke set noget lignende, jeg er SÅ meget fan..
Pernille
Hi Lene, hi Anna, thank you for your phantastic web page. Me and my mother did several designs from you and enjoy it so much. The woven hearts are our fafourite.
Just one question: in your last post you are talking about a cutting machine. What kind of cutting machine do you have? May be this is also an option for us.
Many greetings from germany!
I am always very pleased to hear from someone finding our work useful. My cutter is a Silhouette SD, a simple non professional craft machine. It was bought last Christmas on the Internet and send to Denmark by post from Sweden. I could not find a Danish supplier and this was the only type within reach. Easy to install and mechanically it has worked fine, no problems. This Christmas Anna bought a newer model, same manufacturer. I believe this one was supplied by a German company. This machine is much like mine, but able to handle a larger paper size – and it was less expensive.
Hi Lene & Anna
Are your items for sale? I want the jar boxes!
No, Jenny. The items on this blog are not for sale. At least not if made by us. Some are very time consuming to make (like the Jar Box) and our ambition is to develop new and pretty DIY items. We are of cause very flattered that you like the Jar Box so much that you would like to buy one.