Linden & Pike

Illustration, 2024

Paper Orchard

A cut-paper picture book of one orchard through four seasons.

Client
Fieldbook Press
Role
Illustration
Year
2024
A die-cut Victorian paper valentine with a girl among pink roses under a green fan of leaves and a lace border

Brief

Fieldbook Press asked for a picture book about a single orchard that a five-year-old and a grandparent could both read from.

Approach

Every page was cut by hand from coloured paper, layered three to five deep, and photographed flat under a raking lamp so the shadows stayed soft. The palette was fixed on day one and never added to.

Outcome

Thirty-two pages, delivered as scanned layers so the publisher could adjust colour without redrawing.

Credits

  • Illustration: Linden & Pike
  • Publisher: Fieldbook Press
  • Scanning: studio

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