I have been fascinated by paper cutting lately. It began with a book at a museum - one that caught my eye and couldn't be left behind! Then I tried my hand at a few small cutting exercises and was pleased with the result (will likely be sharing those soon). Then I began to be drawn to the idea of paper cutting some of the scenes from my backyard. We have a hedge along the side of the yard and sparrows love to sit and sleep in and on the hedge. So I finally went hunting with my camera and snapped some photos! I then went out on a whim!!!! I cropped and printed one of the photos that I really liked and temporarily adhered it to the back of an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of charcoal paper. Next I began to get busy with a sharp blade!!!! I had tried doing papercutting using heavier SU! card stock. It is a bit harder to cut through, so I don't think I'd choose it for larger projects. But for a card or smaller project it would be fine! Here's how the project looked when I was part way into it:
The finished paper cut is 8 1/2" x 11". I went ahead and matted it onto white and framed it in a black frame. It was difficult to try to get a photo of the framed piece due to the glare. Hopefully you can get an idea of the finished work from the first photo. I was really happy with how it came out (and, after a full day of working on the paper cutting, my right hand was very happy to be done!) :) If something is calling to you, you may want to indulge the impulse! I have a feeling I will be doing more papercuts about life in the backyard :)
1 comment:
I'm so glad you indulged your impulse because this is wonderful! Now take it easy with that hand for a while.
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