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“As a creative person, you do need to be happy in your surroundings; to be able to create, you need elements of peace and stability. Beautiful surroundings bring me huge joy.”

Swimming through the highs and lows of paper marbling in her Bath studio, Florence Saumarez effortlessly produces metres of visually stunning sheets. The papers go on to become lampshades, wrapping paper, and wallpapers for lush interiors. Her collections of designs are one-off, unique expressions of the hand working in tandem with a pipette, Carageenan solution, and the paper.

Image: Florence Saumarez by Ollie Tomlinson