Katherine Belsey founded makepopupcards.com in 2012 to share her designs and enthusiasm for popup cards. Besides working with paper she uses glass, concrete, fabric, wood, leather or water in projects ranging from furniture or clothes to an indoor swimming pool.
She grew up in Nyon, Switzerland, went to Brown University for her bachelor of arts (but she took lots of classes at the neighboring Rhode Island School of Design), followed by the DAVI graduate film school in Switzerland. She now lives in Brooklyn NY.