Alyice on February 24th, 2009

Papercutting

For the past year, I’ve wanted to incorporate silhouettes into my artwork. However, I didn’t just want to use a simple outline, I wanted to include intricate details. Unbeknownst to me, the intricate details I had in mind were actually a form of art that has been around since the 18th century, known as papercutting. Once I had the term, I knew there had to be a book on the subject so I hit the bookstore and wouldn’t you know it, I found the perfect book!

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Claudia Hopf’s book, Papercutting: Tips, Tools, And Techniques For Learning The Craft is so simple to read and understand that only a handful of pages are actually dedicated to the art of papercrafting with the majority of the book offering patterns and colored photos of finished pieces.

With more than 30 years of experience, Claudia has found a way to make papercutting interesting and easy to tackle. In her book, Claudia touches on the history and heritage of papercrafting, offers a tools list with brief explanations of each tool, explains the best way to tackle cutting paper, why folding a paper and cutting only one side offers the best symmetrical shape, and how to paint and frame papercuts. Finally, she includes not one, not ten, but 80 patterns to use for learning the art of papercutting.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to include a new dimension in their mixed media art, or who simply wants to take their silhouette skills to a whole new level.

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Disclosure: I borrowed a copy to review. This is “my opinion” of the product. I was not paid to give a positive review.

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lisa says:
Wow – I love this!!! Let me know how you like actually doing it…I wonder how tedious it is, I’m such a big corner cutter, I lack patience for the super accurate kinds of details.

lisa´s last blog post..the inchies are here!
Posted at 2:01 am February 25th, 2009
Alyice says:
I am so with you on wanting to always do things quick and cutting corners. I think that is why this image, out of all of them in her book spoke to me. It was the simplest and yet it was captivating. The others had a lot more work involved, idea painting and more cutting.

But if I ever want to get what is in my head onto canvas, I need to appreciate tedious work and actually put the time in. LOL
Posted at 10:20 am February 25th, 2009

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