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Original cut paper collage by Marion Elliot

Unframed Paper Size Approx: 420 x 594mm / 42 x 59.4cm / 16.5 x 23.4 inches

Unframed Image Size Approx: 395 x 525mm / 39.5 x 52.5cm / 15.6 x 20.7 inches

Framed Size Approx: 533 x 663mm / 53.3 x 66.3cm / 21 x 26.1 inches

Date of Artwork: 2025

FRAME CHOICES: Oak with mount, Putty wood with mount, White wood with mount, Black wood with mount

Please note: Our framers are recognised by the Fine Art Trade Guild for their quality because the custom frames have tightly pinned corners, and are made from precision cut wood in England, made bespoke for each order. All our frames are glazed with our Clarity+ Perspex. It's cut from the highest quality acrylic sheet that's both crystal clear, but also safe and filters out 99% of UV light to protect the artwork.
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STORY

Riding in on a sugar horse, past the gingerbread makers and bakers, through the yarn dyers of the Hebrides, up the stairs of a doll’s house, through the butcher’s shop and into the florist, Marion Elliot’s new collection of paper cut collages are a love letter to the vernacular crafts and architecture of this island. 

It’s been fascinating to see the development of this impressive collection by renowned British artist Marion Elliot. After our first discussions about folk art and the traditional buildings of Great Britain, Marion went to work in her studio, leaving us with intriguing working titles and tantalising images of work in progress. The whole process has been a real joy to behold, and the result is this collection of bold and brilliant paper cut collages.

Marion’s work is deeply rooted in her love of folk art; shop fronts, fairgrounds, hand-painted signage, advertising imagery and typography, tattoos, workers’ guild banners, mottos, and commemorative mugs are all cited as ongoing inspiration. In fact her Herefordshire home and studio is a testament to this love, with collections displayed around her home.

(Marion Elliot’s dresser filled with the artist’s collection of commemorative cups)

In Marion’s studio, books and paper ephemera are never far from her hands.

After graduating with a Fine Art degree and further studies in ceramics, Marion became a writer, stylist and art director for international clients and publications. Marion has had 25 books published on design subjects, and her work has been exhibited in the UK, USA and Japan. She currently teaches on the BA Illustration course at Hereford College of Arts. 

(Creating the intricate loom for the Tweed Weavers)

This energetic and creative life started young for Marion. Coming from an artistic family, and with her mother teaching her to sew from a very young age, Marion was encouraged to make things with her hands; from clothes for her dolls to appliqued pictures from scraps of fabric. 

Over time Marion has developed her bold and expressive paper cut collage style which is instantly recognisable. Using printmaking techniques to produce densely textured papers in a beautiful mix of colours, Marion sets about cutting shapes, never drawing a plan beforehand. 

There is such expression in the way Marion skilfully creates with her paper cuts. An extraordinary sense of movement and emotion. Just look at the feeling of weight in these wet threads in the hands of the yarn dyers, hanging on a branch over a pan of boiling dye whilst the women balance on a floor of pebbles - the wind catching the washing line beyond. 

“I really enjoy the meditative practice of cutting shapes out of paper with tiny scissors, so satisfying to cut out a miniature hand”

The subjects for this new collection are reminiscent of the beautiful book The High Street by Eric Ravilious which celebrated early 20th century shops and signs. Marion takes us from the high street with incredible depictions of butcher’s shops, florists, milliners and into traditional rural and coastal craft workshops of basket makers, farriers, sailmakers and dyers.

Marion also takes us into the miniature world of the dolls house where, down in the kitchen, preparations are afoot for a celebration while guests bathe and make merry above and people pop up through the attic rooms.

Two magnificent pieces by Marion, The Twelfth Night Celebrations and The Gingerbread & Cake Makers were inspired by the incredible food historian Ivan Patrick Day and his work researching and making historical recipes, often in antique and period moulds. 

In both these works, Marion wanted to create the sense of a great house preparing for a feast. In The Twelfth Night Celebrations it feels as though we are peering into a window, all set for the festivities. 

Clever textures and colour combinations are everywhere in Marion’s collages…

The brilliant copper pans and jelly moulds in the kitchen of The Quilt Makers

Feather details in At The Milliner’s

Cuts of meat at The Butcher’s

Antique gingerbread biscuit moulds in The Gingerbread & Cake Makers 

Ropes hanging in The Sail Loft