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Paper Princesses...

Oona Patterson is a storyteller from Brighton, who creates magical scenes of silhouettes and paper-cuts to illustrate her tales.  Delicate little figures cut from pages of old books, take on a life of their own as they flitter across an open book stage.  A photo compilation of her book REAM can be purchased Here!

Images via Design 21

Papillons...

These is something stunningly beautiful in the simplicity of these wonderful butterflies by Esprit Champetre!  Truly Lovely!!!

Valentines At The Castle!

I created a batch of handmade Valentines for the CASTLE this week.  I used a variety of my old images, fun papers, paper punches and decorative scissors to create these little lovelies!  Enjoy!

Oiseau...

Miss Clara creates pure magic with paper!  Just look at these sweet little birds!  So delightful!!!

Victorian Papercut Heart Box Workshop At The Castle On February 4th!

Victorian Papercut Heart Boxes

This class is a wonderful introduction to the art of paper cutting.  Decorate red or pink German paper mache heart boxes with wonderful  paper cut ‘love tokens’.  We will use beautifull calligraphy printed papers, giving these boxes a wonderful romantic feel.

Half day.  1:00 to 5:00  (Limit to 8 students)

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4th, 2009

$75.00

Call 'Castle In The Air' at 510-204-9801 to reserve your spot!

Dancing The Blues...

Thank you to everyone who has commented or emailed me about my DiZzY's!  It's been disconcerting to say the least!!!  I have an appointment with a specialist on the 28th, and hopefully will get some answers then...

Fortunately I have friends like dearest Lea who believe that I can dance even when I am feeling 'blue'...  Just look at this oval treasure she recently gifted me with, I feel like I should be waving my gown at the Petit Trianon not the Danish Landscape you see me in above...  She used a special 'transfer technique' that she learned from our mutual friend Marilyn Radzat and blogged about it HERE!  I love my Dress!  I love my Hat!  I love my Mouche!  And I love all the delicate details she wove into my essence!   Thank you Lea for showing me that 'Dancing the Blues' can be beautiful!!! 

Lithuanian Papercuts...

Stunning Papercuts by Egle Vilkaite-Norogrodskiene!

Thy Children shall Be Like Olive Plants Round About They Table...

So reads this amazing antique calligraphy piece commemorating the Family Record of John R. Perkins and Lucy J. Rumsey, 1880.  Truly outstanding flourishes and lovely way to remember the past!  Via Peggy McClard Antiques.

Papercutting Class In Ulla's Studio

Wednesday I had three wonderful women in my studio for my first ever 'Papercutting' class.  What fun we had!  I am truly amazed at how personal and delightful each piece turned out!  Kristine loves gypsy caravans and decided to do a Christmas themed piece with a caravan, jolly St. Nick and his donkey and 4 sweet little waifs.  The oval shaped canvas back  really completed the piece!

Barb wanted to do a piece for a good friend of hers who loves all things Egyptian.  She posed herself  hieroglyphically as a maiden fanning her King!  So much fun, and so original!!!

 

Kat decided to do a piece for her husband who is a scientist specializing in 'animal sounds'.  She created a wonderful scenic background (those trees were individually cut out!) with songbirds and her husband with his 'equipment' getting center stage!  Wonderfully personal and very heartfelt!!!

The day was such a success and I will definitely be teaching this class at the Castle this Spring!   

WHIMSICAL PAPERCUTTING CLASS - In Ulla's Studio!

Silhouette Papercuts are all the rage right now.  With this in mind, I will be teaching a basic papercutting class in my studio, here in Santa Rosa, on Saturday December 13th, and/or Wednesday December 17th.  In this class you will learn a few 'tricks' on how to make papercutting easier, and how to mount your finished cuts on canvas boards.  I love combining papercuts with photographs, so feel free to bring favorite images that might spark your imagination.  (My sample is a series of four 8" x 10" panels depicting the Four Seasons:  Spring/Bulbs, Summer/Love in the Mist, Autumn/Chestnuts, Winter/Mistletoe.  The little girl is from a vintage French postcard series that I own.)  

 Time:  10:00 to 4:00  (please bring a lunch)

Cost:  $100.00  - includes all supplies, and access to Ulla's collection of images.

Will teach to a minimum of 2, and up to 4 students.

If interested, email me at:  ullam@earthlink.net

  

Paper Chandelier

Jeffery Rudell walks us through his process of making a beautiful paper chandelier HERE.  He explains:  

"Tiffany & Company's flagship Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan. Their theme this year is "All That Glitters" (a particularly apt concept for a jewelry store). My job was to create a chandelier out of paper; delicate, ornate, graceful, vaguely French Baroque in style and about three feet tall by two feet wide. At the time I agreed to do the project, I distinctly remember thinking, "How hard can it be?" Clearly, I was delusional from heatstroke and didn't know it."

Despite the time and patience involved, what a magnificent result!!!

Link via Paper Schmaper.

Paper Quilts

Lena Wolff uses a combination of paper, pinpricks, acrylic and graphite in her wonderful 'paper quilts' and collages!  I adore her choice of wildlife and wonderful sense of folkloric whimsy!  

News Paper Cutouts!

I am loving these newspaper 'cutouts' by Heather Moore. Very clever!!!

Spanish Court Dress in Paper

Eloise Corr Danch of Brooklyn, created this 'Paper Doll' dress for a display at Anthropologie in NY.  The dress weighing between 40 and 50 pounds was inspired by the Spanish court dress in  Diego Velazquez’s painting Las Meninas (1656)

Images via Time Out New York and Simply Stated, blog by Real Simple.com.

Tahiti Pehrson's Paper Cuts!

Truly stunning paper cuts by San Francisco's own Tahiti Pehrson.  Top photo by Cathy Choi on flickr, bottom photo via The Luggage Store a gallery in San Francisco.

Paper Light Sculptures...

 

Wonderful Paper lights by Dick D'Agostino!

Paper Cut Feathers...

Lovely feathers by Lucy Rose On Flickr.

Paper Sculpture Trees...

Found this on the delightful blog Curly Wurly.  Can't you just see a fairy tale table with this on it?

Moving Paper...

I found this Paper Cut Truck on Flickr!  Wonder what my PT would look like with a paper cut design around it???     

Paper Cut Layers...

A scene from Galen Pehrson's "Machines of Loving Grace", created of construction paper and glass layers.  Eerie and Wonderful!!!