Gallery: British Artist Bekx Stephens ...

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Bekx Stephens is a British artist that creates amazing folded paper art that is both low-impact and gorgeous. Working with just acid free paper and stitch, she manages to create intricate sculptures thanks to her natural talent and connection with the art of folding. Looking for low-impact materials she could work with, she found all her answers in acid free paper, a simple, biodegradable and recyclable material with lots of potential!

We first encountered Bekx Stephens’ beautiful origami sculptures at last year’s New Designers Show in London. With a fresh degree in crafts from the University of Derby under her arm, the artist said she has been folding for just over a year. Stephens works with paper‘s natural properties and she says that she never attempts to ‘pre-plan or try to predict what might happen when starting a piece’.