So we do this in Photoshop, tiling (tutorial coming soon) but here is a great #skillshare video showing how to do it by hand. A great share, thank you Skillshare
Showing posts with label Craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Craft. Show all posts
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Papercuts - Framing tips - Superglue
Did you know that superglue is used in forensic investigations? It's true. Husband watches far to many programs on the Crime and Investigation channel, this is how i know this. The fumes of superglue fog up and adhere to blemishes and grease spots on an object and can help lift fingerprints. See here if you want to give it a go.
I also know this from personal experience. I glue most of my pieces with thick superglue and on occasions I have hastily framed a newly finished piece. The result, foggy glass.
Not a disaster as the powder can simply be wiped off with a rag and polished away.
But I would recommend, to save you the bother, leave for at least an hour, overnight if possible before framing your cut.
I also know this from personal experience. I glue most of my pieces with thick superglue and on occasions I have hastily framed a newly finished piece. The result, foggy glass.
Not a disaster as the powder can simply be wiped off with a rag and polished away.
But I would recommend, to save you the bother, leave for at least an hour, overnight if possible before framing your cut.
Friday, 27 February 2015
Easter Egg Templates
Here is a freebie - free for personal use.
I'll post more designs as I create them.
Print off and cut away the grey. Hopefully this will keep your hands busy and away from those tempting foil wrapped chocolatey goodies that have been in the supermarkets since Valentines Day!!
This first one is great for beginners.
I'll post more designs as I create them.
Print off and cut away the grey. Hopefully this will keep your hands busy and away from those tempting foil wrapped chocolatey goodies that have been in the supermarkets since Valentines Day!!
This first one is great for beginners.
Monday, 15 September 2014
Papercutting
So I have blogged about a few papercuts before, part of my soft spot for them comes from the books I read as a child, illustrated with silhouettes by Jan Pienkowski and shadow puppet theatre films that seemed to be a bit of a thing in the 80s. That and the obsessive cutting of snowflakes and chains of paper girls and boys holding hands.
I have been sketching a lot more recently and was practicing my high contrast black and white shadow drawing, when I realised, these might look rather good as papercuts. Well as it transpires there are a lot of bloody brilliant artists doing this already, not that it will stop me, and I came across even more wonderful artists, I'd like to share some of these here.
Rob Ryan - If found Rob's work a few years ago, a solar plate friend of mine, Sarah, popped into Atelier Rose and Gray, when they had a gallery in my local town Ramsbottom. In the window was this huge red and white print. I had seen it for a couple of weeks each time I sat at the traffic lights. Big, bold, sentimental and in my favourite colour (if I can't have black). Sarah decided she would have it as an engagement gift. Money well spent, it looks amazing above her sideboard. I was introduced to the work of Rob.
Emily Hogarth - I love Emily. Not in the least because she is a bloody brilliant artists, but she has a range of equally bloody brilliant books about papercutting. Buy them, buy them all. She produces some very clever, understated, landscapes, I envy such ability to convey a view with such simplicity. She also makes very cute animal cuts and commerirative pieces too.
Paper Panda - aka Louise Firchau. Possibly the neatest cutter I have seen so far, the tiniest, weeniest cuts. Actually, "like' her on facebook, she is lovely, warm, honest and engaging and you get a great insight to her who process from sketch to frame. She does a very cute cartoon style line, text based pieces and story books. My favourites are the Alice in Wonderland.
I'll be sharing more along the way but can in the meantime, point you to, Suzy Taylor, Hina Aoyama, Nahoko Kojima, Heather Moore, Nicky McClure. Really there are hundreds more but I promised myself I'd clock off at 21:30, there is a Toblerone with my name on it... if I were called Toblerone.
I have been sketching a lot more recently and was practicing my high contrast black and white shadow drawing, when I realised, these might look rather good as papercuts. Well as it transpires there are a lot of bloody brilliant artists doing this already, not that it will stop me, and I came across even more wonderful artists, I'd like to share some of these here.
Rob Ryan - If found Rob's work a few years ago, a solar plate friend of mine, Sarah, popped into Atelier Rose and Gray, when they had a gallery in my local town Ramsbottom. In the window was this huge red and white print. I had seen it for a couple of weeks each time I sat at the traffic lights. Big, bold, sentimental and in my favourite colour (if I can't have black). Sarah decided she would have it as an engagement gift. Money well spent, it looks amazing above her sideboard. I was introduced to the work of Rob.
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| This Is For You - Rob Ryan |
Emily Hogarth - I love Emily. Not in the least because she is a bloody brilliant artists, but she has a range of equally bloody brilliant books about papercutting. Buy them, buy them all. She produces some very clever, understated, landscapes, I envy such ability to convey a view with such simplicity. She also makes very cute animal cuts and commerirative pieces too.
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| Emily Hogarth |
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| Drink Me - Eat Me - Paper Panda |
Saturday, 30 November 2013
More on colour and landscapes
I have discovered two artists recently, I am usually a late arrival at the queue for jumping on the bandwaggon so excuse me if I am telling you old news.
I am particularly excited about these two as they are landscape artists and they use colour in a very exciting way.
The first is Peter McDermott. I visited my friends Kate and Phil and they had a mug and a few framed prints of his on their walls. Peter paints his landscapes in watercolour, here are a collection of beautiful moody paintings of Scotland. But it is collection of graphic prints that are getting me quite giddy in the spending department. He has a series of posters inspired by the old fashioned railway posters as I have been. He has done a series of prints of my beloved Scotland and another place very special to Rob and I, the Lake District.
You can buy his work online at a number of outlets, I am currently going silly on bayattic.com. Check out the aviation pieces and his mugs too!
The next artist is a chap I met at the Manchester Christmas markets. It was a striking limited edition print with a block of bright red that stoppped me in my tracks. It was a pen line drawing that has been coloured with acrylic. The drawing is of Old trafford and is part of his series of football grounds.
Now, although I did work for MUTV, as did my sister and a couple of friends and my brother in law Andy still does.... I am not really a fan of football. Having said this, I was very tempted to buy this as it was so striking. I also perhaps should have bought it for Andy or my other brother in law Phil who is a mega fan, as his beautiful son Callum. I didn't. I had already bought Phil a shirt, Andy a load of chocolate and Callum well lets just say it has a rotor and a remote control (shhh it's a Christmas surprise).
I am particularly excited about these two as they are landscape artists and they use colour in a very exciting way.
The first is Peter McDermott. I visited my friends Kate and Phil and they had a mug and a few framed prints of his on their walls. Peter paints his landscapes in watercolour, here are a collection of beautiful moody paintings of Scotland. But it is collection of graphic prints that are getting me quite giddy in the spending department. He has a series of posters inspired by the old fashioned railway posters as I have been. He has done a series of prints of my beloved Scotland and another place very special to Rob and I, the Lake District.
You can buy his work online at a number of outlets, I am currently going silly on bayattic.com. Check out the aviation pieces and his mugs too!
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| Peter McDermott's Lake District c/o bayattic.com |
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| Peter McDermott's Vulcan c/o bayattic.com |
The next artist is a chap I met at the Manchester Christmas markets. It was a striking limited edition print with a block of bright red that stoppped me in my tracks. It was a pen line drawing that has been coloured with acrylic. The drawing is of Old trafford and is part of his series of football grounds.
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| Jamie B Edwards' Old Trafford |
Now, although I did work for MUTV, as did my sister and a couple of friends and my brother in law Andy still does.... I am not really a fan of football. Having said this, I was very tempted to buy this as it was so striking. I also perhaps should have bought it for Andy or my other brother in law Phil who is a mega fan, as his beautiful son Callum. I didn't. I had already bought Phil a shirt, Andy a load of chocolate and Callum well lets just say it has a rotor and a remote control (shhh it's a Christmas surprise).
Anyway, the only people I hadn't yet bought for were Rob's brother Brad and his partner Anna. Oh what's that you say Jamie? You do City? Brad is a die hard blue, he also appreciates art. Not entirely sure Anna would be thrilled with football memorabilia adorning her walls, so I chose a framed print of Maine Road a) it's a nostalgia trip for Brad and b) with it already being framed it stands more chance of being hung somewhere :)
I got home and had a nosey at Jamie's website and there is a collection of landscapes too, including my old home village of Marple Bridge. My favourite is Hurst Spit.
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| Jamie B Edwards' Hurst Spit |
Get yourself down to the markets, Jamie is there for the run, until the 22nd December. The range of Football Ground prints are available mounted or framed at a discounted price so snap them up!
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Inspirational Papercuts Animation
So for my Motion Graphic assignment I am wanting to incorprate some papercut styles in to the animation. I have been googling away and came across this from macklinillustration it was her Final Major Project in BA (Hons) Illustration at Southampton Solent University, no surprise that it was a First!
Hope you like this!
Hope you like this!
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Paper Toys - Christmas is coming!
How gorgeous are these wee darlings?
They are the creation of artist and illustrator Samantha Eynon and I want them all for Christmas! To see the full range see here facebook gallery.
Samantha or Little Gamgee as she is also known, is on twitter should you like to follow her!
They are the creation of artist and illustrator Samantha Eynon and I want them all for Christmas! To see the full range see here facebook gallery.
Samantha or Little Gamgee as she is also known, is on twitter should you like to follow her!
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Wedding invitation arrived
How cute is this? Rob's good friend and former housemate Hamish is marrying Alys and have kindly invited us to share their special day. This invitation is designed by their friend Lucy Palmer.
Excuse the quality of the photo, I used my phone!
I have just taken a sneaky peek at Lucy's jewellery work, if you like this cute design you must visit her website at lucypalmerjewellery.co.uk
Friday, 1 April 2011
Su Blackwell - Books telling stories
Born in Sheffield, a grduate of the RCA, Su Blackwell is based in her London studios where she creates fabulous things, mainly out of paper.
Here are some examples of her book scultures, where elements of the page are cut out and brought to life. Also shown are some of the installations that were feature in the exhibition at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth last year.
Not only are these pieces a thing of wonder from a practical perpective, they are so delicate and fragile, they bring the story to life, characters and scenes literally jump of the page. They also evoke the imagination of our inner child. As a child I spent many an hour sat in the top branches of a willow tree, or in 'fairy' dens in the bushes where I would create whole series of fairytales. These works by Su transport me right back to those times.
Su's blog
Here are some examples of her book scultures, where elements of the page are cut out and brought to life. Also shown are some of the installations that were feature in the exhibition at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth last year.
Not only are these pieces a thing of wonder from a practical perpective, they are so delicate and fragile, they bring the story to life, characters and scenes literally jump of the page. They also evoke the imagination of our inner child. As a child I spent many an hour sat in the top branches of a willow tree, or in 'fairy' dens in the bushes where I would create whole series of fairytales. These works by Su transport me right back to those times.
Su's blog
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
All about the paper - Japanese Paper Dolls - Washi Dolls
My husband is a Japanophile, and I inherited an appreciation of Japanese art from my Grandmother. Our home is dotted with artefacts, books, toys, artwork originals and inspired designs.
For Christmas last year I bought some Kokeshi dolls and a bowl from The Japanese Shop. This afternoon I received an email with some offers for Mother's Day. Upon browsing their site I found their Washi Paper Dolls, which I do not recall seeing on the site before, perhaps I wasn't looking.
Washi (meaning Japanese paper) is handmade paper made from bark, rice, bamboo, hemp and wheat, with long fibres, making it stronger than regular paper. It is used in Japanese bank notes and can be used in making clothing as well as crafts.
The Japanese Shop are holding an Ohanami, a cherry blossom picnic in Harrogate Monday 2nd May, raising money for the Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. For more details of the event, click here.
For Christmas last year I bought some Kokeshi dolls and a bowl from The Japanese Shop. This afternoon I received an email with some offers for Mother's Day. Upon browsing their site I found their Washi Paper Dolls, which I do not recall seeing on the site before, perhaps I wasn't looking.
Washi (meaning Japanese paper) is handmade paper made from bark, rice, bamboo, hemp and wheat, with long fibres, making it stronger than regular paper. It is used in Japanese bank notes and can be used in making clothing as well as crafts.
The Japanese Shop are holding an Ohanami, a cherry blossom picnic in Harrogate Monday 2nd May, raising money for the Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. For more details of the event, click here.
Paper Theatres
When i was around 8 years old, an aunt bought me a Marks and Spencer's book, Cut and Assemble your own paper theatre. My grandma bought me the Panny Bazaar version also, which for the last two years I have been trawlling the internet to try and find, so far no joy but I believe there is one out there with my name on it.
I will be placing images of my favourite examples in the coming months. For the meantime here is a lovely picture courtesy of EKDuncan.
I will be placing images of my favourite examples in the coming months. For the meantime here is a lovely picture courtesy of EKDuncan.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Paper cuts part one - Julene Harrison
Clumsy clogs ol' me has been slicing fingers to shreds with paper this week, so I thought I'd feature a more favoured variety of paper cuts.
I love paper cuts, from paperchains and snowflakes made in primary schools to these intricate delicate peices.
These are by London based artsist Julene Harrison, and are rather special. She is available for commission, see her website here madebyjulene
I love paper cuts, from paperchains and snowflakes made in primary schools to these intricate delicate peices.
These are by London based artsist Julene Harrison, and are rather special. She is available for commission, see her website here madebyjulene
Saturday, 26 March 2011
Handmade/ Crafting appreciation blog
New arm of All Things Visual - Cutting & Sticking. This is for my likes of the handmade, of print, sculpture, crafty type things!
It's a little bare at the moment by I have my feelers out to my crafty folk for submissions. If you want pictures of your work, or a shout out for upcoming exhibitions, sales etc, do email me!
Here is the site http://www.cuttingandstickinguk.blogspot.com
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