• Nicola enjoys using paper in new and traditional ways
• She loves to release paper from its two-dimensional form
• Her creations are colouful and detailed

“Working with paper came so naturally to me,” says Nicola Dobrowolski. “When I look at a piece of paper it’s never a flat piece of paper that I see. It’s an opportunity. It’s the beginning of something wonderful. I have innately collected and respected paper from a young age. Respecting and valuing good paper is clearly something that has been passed down through the generations within our family, from my grandfather, who was a Polish artist and worked with paper in a sculptural form commercially in the advertising industry, to my mother, to me and now to my son.” Nicola learnt the wonderful skill of model making during her training as a Theatre Designer. “This is where I was introduced to my scalpel,” she recalls. “The possibilities of paper in both its two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms truly became apparent to me there.”