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Today the Department of Phenomenal Papercraft is exploring that awesomely intricate folk art papercuttings of Hertfordshire, England-based self-taught artist Suzy Taylor. Her original designs are inspired by nature and rural life. Brimming with birds, flowers, leaves and more, each exquisitely delicate piece is drawn on a single sheet of paper and then cut out entirely by hand using a craft knife.

“A customer at an art exhibition, on closer inspection of my papercuts, suggested I might be ‘a bit bonkers!’, and I suppose when it comes to my papercutting, he must be right,” she wrote on her blog. “I love working this way, it’s totally absorbing and I can get lost in it for hours.”

To check out more of her wonderful artwork visit Suzy Taylor’s Flickr and Facebook pages. You can learn more about her painstaking papercutting process via her blog. Taylor also sells prints, cards, coloring sheets and templates via her Folk Art Papercuts Etsy shop, which is currently on a temporary hiatus.

[via Bored Panda]