Nature's Bliss

Growing up on a walnut farm gave Jill Bliss a do-it-yourself ethic; living in the city, a renewed appreciation for nature. The Northern California artist combines both influences in her playful, handmade paper and fabric crafts, turning floral sheets into wallets and printing tidepool-inspired notes on recycled paper with vegetable ink. Bliss's intricate designs reflect her belief that there's as much activity in a natural landscape as in an urban one. "It's another type of city in my mind," she says. blissen.com

(Photograph courtesy of Jill Bliss)