Good Evening SuperForest!
Having mentioned the wonderful Rob Ryan earlier this week, I figured I’d give paper-cutting a go – see how it works, have some fun and if nothing else gain an appreciation for the peeps who originally turned me onto it. I’ve made some papercut Christmas decorations before, in the Danish tradition, but thought I’d try out some non festive snipping …
I think I made you a Valentine, SuperForest:
and it casts a nifty shadow too
so it’s no Rob Ryan, and I have even more awe for the level of detail Mr Ryan puts into his work (and the insane amount of time it must take!), but it was weirdly satisfying to do (something to do with pushing out the scrap paper bits). And if you fancy doing some yourself here’s a short how-to (based partly on my own errors:)
You’ll need:
sharp craft knife (careful careful! SAFETY FIRST), pencil for drawing and, and this is important, definitely a craft mat or similar to stop you cutting up the tabletop! oh yeah, and paper.
Then draw a frame the size you want, and draw your picture of choice inside it:
an important thing to remember here is that the design has to touch the sides of the frame in at least a couple of places – otherwise when you cut it it’ll just fall out.
Then cut carefully around the parts of the design you want to stay as paper. Key here is to remember not to cut through where the lines of your picture cross:
And then, the reveal!
I think they can make nice cards, christmas decorations or just for hanging in the window against the light.
And if any of you fine SuperForesters would like the ‘yes’ valentine, please let me know – You like it! its yours! and I mail it, with Love :)
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