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THIS MONTH’S COVER ARTIST<br />
This month’s cover sees the return of local<br />
papercut artist Lydia Crook. Lydia designed her<br />
first <strong>Viva</strong> <strong>Lewes</strong> cover back in 2013: an intricate<br />
image of rainclouds and lettering, cut out and then<br />
painted to add a splash of colour. This month’s cover<br />
is in a layered style that she’s been experimenting<br />
with more recently: “I like the idea of adding<br />
collage and textures to my papercuttings,” she says.<br />
“It almost gives the work a 3D quality. My previous<br />
papercuttings have been 2D – although nothing’s<br />
ever really flat with paper – but with this piece I<br />
like that you can see its layers and shadows.”<br />
Lydia found her way into papercutting after<br />
working with <strong>Lewes</strong>-based paper engineer Corina<br />
Fletcher (who also features in our The Way We<br />
Work series – see pg 98). “I worked for Corina<br />
when I was a student,” says Lydia, “and I still help<br />
out on projects when she needs me even now, 15<br />
years on. At first I was worried that papercutting<br />
would be a big jump for me, because I had studied<br />
Fashion as my degree, but then somebody pointed<br />
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