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Cut-Paper Collective Site

When to use

• A collective, studio, or small gallery needs a site that reflects handmade, collage, or paper-based work
• The current site looks like every other template site and buries the members' individual voices
• You need to show many artists, projects, and events without a cold grid of identical cards
• The collective wants a site members can update themselves with new works, shows, and news
• A portfolio, exhibition, or open-call page must feel warm and tactile on both phone and desktop

Workflow

1. Collect the raw material (input: collective members and work → output: content inventory)
   Gather before designing: each member's name, one-line practice description, portrait or workspace photo, and 2–4 representative works with titles, years, and materials; the collective's statement in the members' own words; upcoming and past events with dates and venues; and practical details (location, contact, open-call rules, how to join). Photograph or scan real paper textures, scraps, and offcuts from the members' studios — even a few phone photos of torn paper, layered card, and cutting mats give the site authentic textures that no stock texture library can match. Decide what is missing now: a collective site that launches without member pages, a works index, and a contact route is a poster, not a site.
2. Set the paper system (input: content inventory and textures → output: visual system)
   Define the cut-paper language as a small set of repeatable rules, so the site feels hand-assembled but stays consistent. Fix the palette: paper whites and warm off-whites for backgrounds, 2–3 ink colors for text and accents, and one strong accent for links and calls to action. Fix the paper pieces: torn-edge strips, layered cards with soft offset shadows (as if one sheet sits on another), and collage clusters where images overlap at slight rotations. Fix the type: one expressive display face for headings (with slightly irregular, hand-cut energy) and one highly legible text face for body copy — never let the display face carry paragraphs. Write these rules down as the site's style sheet; every later section follows them, which is what keeps "handmade" from sliding into "messy."

Template preview

Cut-Paper Collective Site — Production Template

Fill this in before designing. The paper system keeps "handmade" from sliding into "messy."

Content inventory

• Collective statement (members' own words): "{statement}"
• Members: {name — one-line practice — portrait/work photo — 2–4 works}
• Works: {title — member — year — materials} (repeat per work)
• Events: {title — date — venue — description} (upcoming first)
• Practical details: {location — contact — open-call rules — how to join}
• Real paper textures: {photos/scans of torn paper, offcuts, cutting mats — file names}

Paper system (style sheet — every section follows this)

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