Rebecca Alexandra creating a handcrafted paper mushroom botanical in her studio

Meet Rebecca

I'm Rebecca — the artist behind Rebecca Alexandra.

I've always been drawn to homes that feel lived in. The kind where nothing is hurried, and nothing is there by accident. Objects are chosen slowly, kept for years, and valued for what they are — not for how well they follow a trend.

That instinct is what led me here.

I began making paper botanicals to fill my own space. Not as decoration, but as something more lasting. I've never had much luck keeping plants alive indoors — they fare far better outside, left to their own rhythm — so paper became a natural alternative. What started as a practical solution gradually turned into something more considered: a way of bringing flowers into the home without the cycle of replacing, refreshing, and discarding.

My work is shaped by observation. Gardens, botanical studies, old houses, and traditional craftsmanship all find their way into what I make. I'm drawn to places where time is visible — where materials soften, colours settle, and nothing feels newly finished.

Each piece begins in much the same way: by looking closely. At how a stem bends, how a petal opens, how something shifts from bud to bloom and beyond. I'm not interested in perfect replication, but in capturing that sense of natural movement and quiet irregularity.

I make pieces I would want to live with myself. Some sit quietly in a space; others hold a little more presence. None are rushed. None are made to fill a gap for the sake of it.

I live on the Wirral, between coast and city, where the landscape is always changing — soft one moment, dramatic the next. It's a place that keeps you looking, which feels fitting for the way I work.

Home, more than anything, has become my anchor. Life here is shared with my husband and our two children, and it's within that rhythm — ordinary, familiar, steady — that this work is made.

 

This space is a continuation of that. A place to share the work as it evolves, and the thinking behind it.

You can explore more of these studies and reflections within the Studio Journal, where I document pieces as they take shape over time.

Rebecca

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