Meet the author

Hélène Druvert.

Illustrator · France · b. 1981

Hélène Druvert: the French paper-cut artist whose laser-cut, filigree picture books are as much objects of beauty as stories — nature and wonder rendered in intricate cut paper.

Hélène Druvert is a French illustrator and paper and textile designer, born in 1981 and trained at the Duperré school in Paris. She is renowned for breathtaking laser-cut paper artistry: intricate filigree silhouettes that form entire pages, layering shadow and light so each spread feels like parting a curtain of leaves. Her large-format picture books — including Garden Jungle, in which a bored boy follows a butterfly into a garden that swells into wondrous jungle, and The Glasshouse, where a city girl discovers a forgotten greenhouse overflowing with hidden life — are as much works of art as stories. Quiet, gorgeous and gently wondrous, they celebrate nature, curiosity and imagination, and are made to be pored over and returned to. A distinctive choice for families who love a picture book that doubles as an object of beauty.