Karishma Chugani Nankani
I am a storyteller, and this translates in my work as an artist, artisan, paper-engineer, writer, illustrator and designer. I was born in Casablanca to a family of Sindhi origin, and am a global nomad. My cross-cultural background continues to inspire my work.
Projects
Paper Cutting Techniques for Storytelling
An online course on Domestika's platform showcasing my paper cutting work and featuring how to make a theatre book.
Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Arts & Culture, Education
To Night and Back · Mece la noche
A theatre book portraying a visual journey back to the land of my ancestors through the stories and myths that they brought with them during exile and so gra…
Paper & Book Arts, Illustration
Nani's Visits · Las visitas de Nani
An illustrated recount of memories about my maternal grandmother, Nani's life, through the historical background of the Sindhi exile, her settling down in Gh…
Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Literary Arts
Las Visitas de Nani Creative Process & Exhibition
Making the book Las Visitas de Nani was a long process. Even after the two years I spent researching & collecting information, I still needed to allow myself…
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Literary Arts
A world inside a sketchbook
Through my years as an artist I have used the sketchbook as a tool for my creative process. Upon founding L'École de Papier, I formalised this process into a…
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Literary Arts, Design, Education
L'École de Papier
L'École de Papier is a pedagogical project; a moveable school for creative workshops focused on traditional paper arts as well as the creative process. It is…
Paper & Book Arts, Arts & Culture, Education
Jamini Paris Window Design
Using my paper cutting skills, I was commissioned to design the Christmas windows for the 2 boutiques of Jamini in Paris. The design was inspired by an orien…
Paper & Book Arts, Design, Illustration
Kakuarshuk
This collection of paper cuts are illustrations of the Inuit folktale Kakuarshuk, recompiled in Angela Carter's marvellous collection of fairy tales. The sto…
Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Literary Arts, Arts & Culture, Social Justice
A little Story About How I Like to Tell Stories
This little illustrated manual describes my method for housing a project inside a sketchbook.
Paper & Book Arts, Arts & Culture, Illustration, Literary Arts, Design
This Body is Human
The images for This Body is Human · written by Grassa Toro and published by Biblioteca La Cala · were made by layering paper cut silhouettes, illuminated by …
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Literary Arts
Wild Women Paper Cut Series
During the 1st lock-down in 2020, I reconnected to a creative source that wanted to be heard for a long time. I picked up my pair of scissors & some deliciou…
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Design
My First Paper Cutting Project
In 1996, in my first weeks at Central Saint Martins studying a Foundation in Art & Design, I make this paper cut accordion alphabet book in an afternoon. It'…
Paper & Book Arts, Illustration
Songs of the Jungle
This book is a silk-screen edition publication of my own version of Kipling's Jungle Book accompanied by some of his original songs. I had started the projec…
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Literary Arts
Inside a Creative Notebook: Explore Your Illustration Process
Unlock your creativity with illustration techniques to record and develop your creative process for artistic projects A sketchbook is a fundamental tool in a…
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Literary Arts, Design, Education
Paper Playground: Create a Paper Cut Picture Book
This course on Domestika works an entire children's paper cut picture book inside a sketchbook before extracting it out into the world in the form of a maque…
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Literary Arts, Design, Education
Cortège
I begin with a pair of hands, scissors, & a sheet of paper. The act of cutting links this action to ancestral playing. The creation of a silhouette transform…
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Social Justice
Unlock your Creativity with Mind Mapping
An artist mentoring program through mind mapping specially designed for Shuffle members and given through 3 zoom sessions spread over 3 months.
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Literary Arts, Design, Social Justice
Cortège: Virtual Exhibition Tour & Artist Talk
I am thrilled to invite you to my event: CORTÈGE Virtual Exhibition & Artist Talk. CORTÈGE comprises of 40 paper cuttings suspended on tree branches…
Arts & Culture, Paper & Book Arts, Illustration, Social Justice, Literary Arts, Education
The Walking Tree
This is a fable about a tree who discovered that she could walk, and what she saw and felt.
Cinematic Arts, Paper & Book Arts, Literary Arts
Contributions
Dutch and French
I just want to try to make a notebook of my bunch of notes. And it's kind of an experiment. I always make a lot of notes and forget them instantly, because I…
The Archive vol.1 "Spine"
A book/ An Archive, where I can review the creative processes of my projects in order to understand them, to serve as an archive to create order and a space …
Mappa Mundi
An illustrated map of my world, where I grew up, where I lived, and the people who have intersected my life.
Skills
Arts & Culture
FocusArts EducationPaper & Book Arts
TypesBook Design, Paper Engineering, Collage, StampingIllustration
TechniquesMarker, Pen, Pencil, Mixed Media, Watercolor, InkLiterary Arts
FocusWriting, PublishingGenresPersonal Narrative, Memoir, Graphic Nonfiction, AutobiographyDesign
TypesFashion Design, Illustration, Graphic DesignSocial Justice
FocusEducation, Programs & Services, Socialy Engaged ArtTopicsChildren & Youth, Fat Liberation, Body Positivity, Gender & SexualityEducation
FocusArts Pedagogy, ResearchTypesOnline Education