I Thought About It in My Head and I Felt It in My Heart but I Made It with My Hands

by Rob Ryan, Jeb Loy Nichols (Foreword)

Rob Ryan is a star of the London arts and crafts scene whose work has succeeded thus far both as fine artwork and as commercial art, design and decoration. His work is irresistibly bright and colorful, and will find universal appeal as a gift book. He will also find an audience in art and design categories, where his artwork is appreciated alongside illustrators like Jean-Philippe Delhomme or Jean Julien, and his commercial work is aligned with such colorful names as Paul Smith, Lulu Guinness, and Liberty of London.

The first monograph celebrating the jubilant and romantic artwork of the beloved East London paper-cut artist Rob Ryan.

Genres: Art

208 pages, Hardcover

Published March 30, 2021

About the author

Rob Ryan is a British Paper cutter artist who specialises in papercutting, screen-printing and drawing and painting. He is now most famous for his detailed paper cut outs. Ryan was born on 5th November,1962 in Cyprus to Irish parents Doris and Buddy Ryan who divorced in 1966. He is the youngest of three brothers and his father was an RAF mess hall officer. He studied at Trent Polytechnic and has a Master of Arts in printmaking from the Royal College of Art/ He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1987.

Reviews

[Megan (ReadingRover) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rob Ryan is an amazingly creative person. His paper cuts are beautiful. They contain infinite amounts of the tiniest details. I can’t imagine the amount of time and patience involved in making each one from start to finish. It’s admirable. The attention to detail is mind blowing. I can’t even wrap my head around the amount of tiny stars or thin lines in each one. Each and every final piece of work is just unbelievable. 5 stars.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful paper cuts. The text is often a little too Hallmark for me, especially since there is 200 pages worth here. Probably would have been better for me to encounter all this art in my Instagram feed.

[Jada · Rating 4 out of 5]

Halfway through reading it I bought a copy to give as a gift.