2008 Craft Show Artists

The fascinating traditional craft of "Scherenschnitte" (Scissors Cutting). I create my papercuttings in black and white because I like to concentrate fully on the composition and the dramatic effect of light versus dark. This is also the traditional form of this very old craft that dates back to ancient China. The process is like woodcutting or sculpting, in that you start with a blank resource and create the art by simply cutting parts of it away. In either case, precision is paramount. Because of that, it demands full concentration. I am particularly enthused by this process when I succeed in making an extremely intricate cutting with lines that are no thicker than thread-width. All of my cuttings are cut out of a single sheet of paper. That means that the remaining design is still one piece of paper. The only instrument that I am using is a pair of small scissors.

Handcast cotton paper with embellishments of mixed materials.

Texture-rich wall-hung assemblages of various hand-colored or painted papers that are given texture and shape.