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Fountain pen, chinagraph pencil and wash in situ - on DL envelope.
Papercutting and grey card insert added later.
A deliciously shady lunchtime picnic by the church...
with a view of the war memorial amongst the trees.
Papercutting or paper cutting is the art of paper designs. The art has evolved uniquely all over the world to adapt to different cultural styles. One traditional distinction most styles share in common is that the designs are cut from a single sheet of paper.
Jianzhi (剪紙), is a traditional style of papercutting in China. It originated from cutting patterns for rich Chinese embroideries and later developed into a folk art in itself. Jianzhi has been practiced in China since at least the 6th Century AD.
Scherenschnitte, which means "scissor cuts" in German, is the art of paper cutting design. The artwork often has rotational symmetry within the design, and common forms include silhouettes, valentines, and love letters.
until his lungs stung with the cold air and his ears were filled with the howls of wolfs and the creaking of gnarled branches...he knew he couldn't stop till home was in sight....
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more info on the shot here: catherinemacbride.blogspot.ie/2013/05/the-boy-ran-and-ran...
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I wonder how much chance I have of my new paper line of clothing catching on? :)
Fountain pen on C5 envelope in situ - papercutting and blue card insert added later
After a long (and lovely) day's ride, we arrived at the beautiful Berneray Hostel...
www.gatliff.org.uk/berneray-hostel/
part of the inspired and inspirational Gatliff Trust:
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I hope you are all having a very spooky Halloween!
This is a paper cutting that looked really well but could I get it to photograph? not on your nelly! it took me longer to get a decent photo than it did to cut it :)
Oíche Shamhna
I love Halloween (Oíche Shamhna) not the commercial tacky trick or treat, buy the most expensive shop bought costume you can find; but the real Oíche Shamhna the night when the veil between this world and the next become paper thin.
When children dress as Ghosts (Púca) and Witches (Cailleach) not fairy princesses, to confuse or appease the restless spirits roaming the streets.
Walking the streets after dark, smelling of wood smoke from the bonfires lit to keep you safe from harm.
Listening to my Mam telling stories about how her Granny met the Banshee (bean sí ) wailing and combing her long hair on the stairs of the tenements in Dublin (on a windy night tales of the Banshee still make the hair on the back of my neck stand on end).
Blindfolded, putting hands into saucers containing water, wedding ring, money, muck (earth) or Rosary Beads to tell your future.
Eating too many slices of Brack to try and find the wedding ring and the penny wrapped in greaseproof paper. Peeling an apple in a single piece and dropping it to find the initial of my true love (mine always fell in an S).
Wanting to sleep with the lights on because you scared yourself to death telling stories of the “Hell Fire Club” on the Dublin mountains, where the Devil himself had appeared (we could see it from our window).
Waking the morning after with sore teeth having spent hours the night before trying to bite the apple hanging from a string in the kitchen doorway, knowing you were safe because today was all saints day.
The door between this world and the next was closed…..
Happy Halloween!
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Home is where i want to be
Pick me up and turn me round
I feel numb - burn with a weak heart
(so i) guess i must be having fun
The less we say about it the better
Make it up as we go along
Feet on the ground
Head in the sky
It's ok i know nothing's wrong . . nothing
This must be the Place, Talking Heads
For my video; youtu.be/F2epQkMjrWo,
Papercutting or paper cutting is the art of paper designs. Art has evolved all over the world to adapt to different cultural styles. One traditional distinction most styles share is that the designs are cut from a single sheet of paper as opposed to multiple adjoining sheets as in collage.
"Paper cutting is the prelude to writing," wrote Hans Christian Andersen in a letter in July 1867. The art of paper cutting was a popular leisure activity during his lifetime. But Andersen's cuts were different.
"They were modern," says art historian Detlef Klein. "They are less playful and made with a great sense of purpose."
For Andersen, the silhouettes were a pure hobby, to which he devoted a great deal of time and energy. "We do not know how many silhouettes there were, but we have to assume that — if there are nearly 400 today — there were many more," says Klein.
They usually served as a present, helped decorate floral bouquets or were used as puppetry figures.
"You can imagine how many of them must have got torn or creased," says Klein. "You could often bend the figures a little, blow at them and then move them across the tabletop."
Andersen himself would never have come up with the idea of exhibiting his silhouettes. Nor would he not have sold them, says Anne Buschhoff, who is co-curating the Bremen exhibition "Hans Christian Andersen: A Poet with Pen and Scissors" along with Stein.
He simply gave away most of this work as he was a "popular man, who was often invited to social gatherings, where he would tell stories and create these silhouettes."
Once his story and the paper cutting was finished, Anderson would give away his creations to the hosts, their children or to other guests.
Odense, South Denmark, Denmark
Fountain pen, chinagraph pencil and correction pen on C5 envelope in situ - papercutting and tissue paper added later
(Sometimes) dodging the showers - sketching with Paul Q
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I decided to be good this year and not only send Christmas cards but make them too, this is the first of two designs I've made so far :)
A little cutting for springtime. And a sweet dish I thrifted to stash my scissors on the work table for a spell.
tried my hand at making a paper rocking horse tonight, it didn't turn out quite like I wanted but it's a start :)
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Papercutting or paper cutting is the art of paper designs. The art has evolved uniquely all over the world to adapt to different cultural styles. One traditional distinction most styles share in common is that the designs are cut from a single sheet of paper.
Jianzhi (剪紙), is a traditional style of papercutting in China. It originated from cutting patterns for rich Chinese embroideries and later developed into a folk art in itself. Jianzhi has been practiced in China since at least the 6th Century AD.
Scherenschnitte, which means "scissor cuts" in German, is the art of paper cutting design. The artwork often has rotational symmetry within the design, and common forms include silhouettes, valentines, and love letters.
Chinese Paper cuts, paper cuttings, art of paper cuttings,
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Fountain pen on C5 envelope in situ - papercutting and blue card insert added later
Sketching our bikes on the splendidly rattly train from Thurso to Inverness. Heading for home...
Dimensional tissue paper art by Stacey Elaine: www.allthingspaper.net/2019/04/nature-inspired-tissue-pap...
One of my papercatching trays with some scraps and wings from a new series with birds, plants, seasons. I have been thinking quite a bit of Tasha Tudor's illustrations, how I used to dwell in them as a child. Just watched a little documentary on her the other day where she confessed to keeping frozen mice in her refrigerator to use as models. I prefer the Audubon Field Guides, and our window feeders...
Fountain pen and china graph pencil on DL envelope - plus papercutting and white card insert.
12th Century carvings at this impressive priory
Fountain pen on C5 envelope in situ - papercutting and blue card insert added later
Exploring Stornoway, we found this place by chance...
"The Edge of the World" is the splendidly friendly 'brewery tap' of the Hebridean Brewing Company:
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a book, a shot glass, a small torch, some card, some tissue paper, a bit of double sided sticky tape and nothing good on the tele :)
Detailed scene of daily life as seen through the eyes of paper cut artist Harumi Nakatani.
Meet her: www.allthingspaper.net/2020/06/entrancing-paper-cut-scene...
Fountain pen on C5 envelope in situ - papercutting and blue card insert added later
Sketching our neighbour's tent at the enchanting Howmore Hostel:
www.gatliff.org.uk/howmore-hostel/
Part of the inspired and inspirational Gatliff Trust: