Sabeena Karnik’s art is a delightful mixture of typography and paper art. Having completed a degree in graphic design, she focused on typography, which she calls her first love. “In my final year project, I concentrated purely on paper and 3D paper sculpturing,” she shared in an interview with All Things Paper.
“Fortunately the result came out very well. I thought why not try and experiment a little more by combining the two, so as a fun way to pass the time one afternoon, I randomly started making alphabets out of paper.”
It didn’t take long before this random experimentation with paper turned into a full-time career. Now working independently as an illustrator and typographer, Karnik specializes in paper sculpturing and 3D illustration, with her techniques including paper quilling as well as paper cutting.
But it was her paper alphabet which really took the internet by storm. “Before I could finish the entire letter series, I started getting offers from advertising agencies to collaborate with them,” she says. Based in Mumbai, India, her paper creations took her around the world, as she collaborated with agencies in the U.S, Europe, the Middle East, South America, and South Africa.
But you can also follow her progress online.
