© Russell Sach 2026

I’ve felt compelled to create circular work for years, without consciously choosing it.

In my mind I see twisting, sweeping shapes. They can feel powerful, delicate or dark, but always beautiful. For me, the movement has become a way of expressing things I find difficult to put into words. It has become a way of processing my emotions and a way to find calm.

Repetition and the rhythm of making helps to settle my mind, and building the forms gives shape to the things I’m feeling. Sometimes I’m interested to see the contrast between the finished work and the calm I feel while making it.

Nature feeds into this fascination. Circles and symmetry are everywhere, in tiny patterns on an insect, the sweeping arc of a birds wing or the motion of fish underwater. I love that it can exist on both a microscopic and massive scale.

I work three-dimensionally with paper, paint, recycled materials and metal, and I’m increasingly using processes such as electro forming to transform delicate forms into more permanent sculptural work.

The shapes keep returning, changing and evolving and as my practise develops I’m interested in creating work for larger architectural spaces, where the work can respond to light, movement and the people around it.

I’m proud to be a QEST Scholar, Homo Faber artisan and a member of The Paper Artists Collective.

Exhibitions:

‘An Island of Light’ Homo faber, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy. 2026.

‘The brilliance of birds’ Rheged centre, Cumbria UK 2026

‘The Art of Welcoming’ Mandarin Oriental Mayfair London (Mayfair Design District) UK 2026

‘Ultimate Evening of Craft’, V&A Museum London, UK 2026

‘Wings & Wheels’, Orlando Executive airport, Orlando Florida, USA. 2025.

‘The Stolen Orange’, Bond street gallery, Brighton, UK. 2025.

‘Snakebite’, Park Mon Repos, Centre Henry Dunant pour le Dialogue Humanitaire, Geneva, Switzerland. 2025.

‘Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary’, Miami, USA. 2025.

‘Art Palm beach’, Miami 2025. Art Miami, Miami, USA. 2024.

‘Kunststichting Perspektif biennial’, Haacht,Belgium. 2024.

‘The Journey of life’ Homo faber, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy. 2024.

‘Strictly paper’ Hado - Mark gallery, Lennox MA, USA. 2024.

‘Flux’ exhibition Piccadilly, London, UK. 2023,

‘Start art fair’, Saatchi gallery, London, UK. 2023,

‘Colors festival’, (Colours eng), London, UK. 2023,

‘The Other Art fair’, London, UK. 2023,

‘Searcys at the Gherkin’, London, UK. 2022,

‘Homo faber’, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy. 2022,

‘Matisse and Contemporary paper artists’, Rheged Centre, Cumbria, UK. 2022,

‘Bestiaire Du Papier’, Moulin Du Got, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat,France. 2021,

‘The Art of Langleys’, London, UK. 2018

‘Milan Design Week’, Milan, Italy. 2018,

‘Clerkenwell Design Week’, London, UK. 2015.

Awards:

Homo faber Jury Selection 2024

QEST scholarship 2025

Online features:

Visual Atelier 8, Airmail by Graydon carter, The Times Online, Denverite, My Modern Met, This is Colossal, Design Week, Creative Boom, Reflexive magazine, Mind Mag Italy, Zone One Arts Australia, Inspiration Hut, John Grimwade U.S.A, The Inspiration grid, Plain magazine, All things paper, Journal du Design, Print 24, Tic Time

Printed features:

Sunday Telegraph, The Times, We Are makers 5th edition, Elle Decor Italia, The Papercraft Ideas Book, The Simple Things, Daphne’s Diary, Heart Matters, Paper Now, Papercrafts - A Makers guide, Thames and Hudson / V&A, ‘Super Science’ Scholastic New York, Insectes magazine France, ‘Allt om Tidskrifter’ Sweden, Tout Comprendre + France, Art magazine Scholastic New York.

TV features:

‘The Morning Show’ Channel 7 Australia, BBC News website, BBC News South East, BBC Countryfile, Punkt 12 TV Germany, Showheros Berline TV Berlin, Ja Tu Feras TV Barcelona.

Clients:

The Boston Globe, The World Health Assembly, Searcys London, Garrard, Ming watches, 7 For All Mankind, BBC, Elle Decor Italia, De Beers Jewellers, Waitrose, The Guardian, Grolsch, The Uncommon Wine of England, ACCF, The Villages, RSA Journal, The British Heart Foundation, Jetstar, Asahi, Niquesa, Conde Nast, RSA insurance.

Biography

I’ve worked with paper for over 10 years and have produced paper artwork and sculptures for both commercial and private clients around the world. This includes commercial commissions ranging from editorial work to large scale installations and visual merchandising.

I’ve worked in commercial industries for over 25 years. Starting her career as a graphic designer and animator in London, and working on TV commercials for the music industry.

After this I moved on to direct live action music videos and eventually co-owned and was the creative director of an animation company based in London.

In 2025 I was awarded a scholarship with QEST and have begun a new journey to explore metal as a material. Creating mixed media pieces and developing new skills in metal work including electro forming. You can follow my journey on Instagram: @lisa_lloydpaper