Creating sustainability in my creative process to sustain my art business.

My new obsession with bird sculptures has ignited a curiosity in me that I haven’t felt in a long time.

Awe makes us reflect on our own existence and our place in this world. It makes us rethink what we know. It stirs our curiosity. If I’ve learned anything at all in my 40 years on this planet is to lean into my curiosity.

An art studio can be transformed into your dream sanctuary with a lick of paint and some imagination! Read how my friend, Raymond Wong, and I managed a quick and inexpensive makeover.

Thinking about my experience as a sewer, I believe it helped me think and work in 3-dimension comfortably. And it shaped how I planned and executed everything.

Little did I expect that my life long attraction to the principles of design, would be put to use to create magical paper flower compositions.

I’ve always wanted to mix my paper flowers with fresh flowers in an arrangement, however before I moved into a home with a backyard and garden, I didn’t really have access to fresh florals.

A few updates including my book, Paper Flower Art, a brand shoot, the Seattle Masterclass, a workshop with Christin Geall and Kristin Ksjaar, and my first group VAM exhibition at The Freedom Factory Toronto.

A white paper magnolia hairpiece for an editorial piece in a Canadian wedding magazine, WedLuxe.

A paper flower re-creation of a fresh wedding bouquet of hydrangea, baby’s breath, roses, and variegated foliage.

Peach small paper flower bouquets with ranunculus and sweet pea for gifting wedding guests.

Paper Floral Ring with paper flower magnolias, foxgloves, garden roses, and poppies for a Window Display at The Paper Place in Toronto.

How to grow a business while raising a baby feature

Read Jessie Chui’s feature on Lia Griffiths’ Artist Interview Series.

Feature on how to use paper flowers in your wedding bouquet and arrangements on 100 Layer Cake

Read about how Jessie Chui hand crafted a crepe paper purple and pink bouquet commission

Read about how Jessie Chui hand crafted a crepe paper pink blush bouquet commission

Jessie Chui describes her process of creating a wild garden bouquet of paper flowers for a client commission