collections

                                  a beautiful collection of old matchbox designs from around the world found on 

                                  this flickr page

chiharu shiota

                                                     
                                                 and here she is speaking about her work.

lotte reiniger

Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981) was a hugely influential German animator and film director. 

Here are some stills from her animations, for which there are links below.

This style of animating layered paper cut outs is something which I would like to

 explore in my own work at some point this year.

Cinderella (Aschenputtel)

The Tocher

Lotte Reiniger at work