Rob Ryan (Born 1962) is a British visual artist who specialises in paper cutting and screen printing. He is most famous for his detailed and delicate pare cut outs and his work has featured in Vogue. Elle and Stylist, and he as also collaborated with fashion designer Paul Smith. His work is the result of painstakingly hand cutting delicate papers.
Ryan's cut outs were born from his sketchbooks. At the time he wasn't doing a lot of print-making, as he didn't have his own printing studio, so he was doing a lot of writing in his sketchbook. He wanted to do something new and started these paper cut outs, with cut out words, not really knowing what he was doing.
Ryan's intricate and beguiling paper cut outs have acquired a huge public following and have appeared in collaborations with high profile figures in the fashion world; including Lulu Guinness, Tatty Devine, Liberty of London and Ernest Sewn.
I found this image in an issue of Elle that I was looking through for images to use in collages. I really enjoy Rob Ryan's work and feel that it really links in well with my work, as he has created a lot of work based on the Pop culture and fashion world.
I haven't used paper cutting in my own work, however I have kind of been inspired by Ryan's work as I have created some collages that emulate his work/style. however I created mine using collage and hand drawn typography.
My work inspired by Rob Ryan:
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