I loved these items - I'm not sure why I gravitate toward them so much, but something about the wood being carved with the combination of organic and geometric patterns - something I've always really liked. Since you can't really bring home a door, I took a bunch of pictures with the idea that would create some original art - not wood carving, but the next closest thing - paper cutting!
So I studied the pictures, sketched the individual elements that repeat in patterns, and came up with these:
I still need to give them some backing/matting/framing - I'm thinking a really dark brown or black behind them so it is reminiscent of the original wood carving, and maybe a simple black frame. And since this post is mostly for my mom, who inspired me to make my own papercuts ... mom, what do you think?
you MADE those paper cuts?!?! that is amazing, lesley - they're gorgeous! i'm super curious how you pulled that off.
ReplyDeletethanks! :-) First I sketched the design with pencil directly on the paper, then used an exacto-knife to cut out the design. For most papercuts you have a pattern sheet that you tape down on the paper, but I kinda made these up as I went along, so I just drew directly.
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