Hi, I'm Shelby.
I make art out of paper, color, texture, paint, reclaimed items, curiosity, and whatever happens to catch my attention.
After years of feeling creatively lost, I found my way back through the simplest materials: paper, scissors, glue, and tissue paper. What started as an attempt to rediscover the joy of making became the foundation of my artistic practice.
Today, I create colorful paper mosaics, original artwork, prints, journals, and wonderfully odd little things inspired by places, memories, nature, and the strange bits of everyday life.
My work is playful, nostalgic, sometimes a little weird—and always made by hand, one tiny piece at a time.
Sometimes getting lost is exactly how you find your way back.
EXPLORE MY ART ——>
From the Studio
There is no single style, subject, or material that I can seem to stick with—and honestly, I don't think I'd want to.
Some days I'm cutting hundreds of tiny pieces of paper. Other days I'm painting, experimenting with reclaimed materials, making journals, or following some completely unexpected idea down a rabbit hole.
For me, making art is less about following a formula and more about following curiosity.
…Enter the World of Paper Frippery
Paper Frippery is my little corner of the paper universe—a place for my snail mail subscription club, and more to come. I plan to add handmade journals, prints, painted paper earrings, creative projects, among other things made simply because they sound fun to make and share.
It's part art, part experiment, part nostalgia, and part excuse to play!