Papercut Garden
July 19, 2009
I have spent all day cutting and crimping, folding and sticking ……… this is the result, a garden full of flowers in full bloom (well not quite yet). I want to capture the fullness, the ripeness, the overflowing abundance, that special moment when a flower becomes perfection in everyway, Have yet to complete the full range of flowers, but will continue making the shapes I have made and pleased with, then make them in a variety of sizes. My aim is to fully cover two boards 1m square and place in an acrylic shadow boxes. These are going to hang in an entrance hall of a project I am completing in August. Will post completed images soon
July 19, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Beautiful papercuts. Loved them. There is a good book called
Grandmas Magic Scissors – all about the art of papercutting.
But, these are wonderful because they are so multi-dimensional!
Thanks for sharing.
July 19, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Wow, your work is absolutely beautiful! Did you get the idea/pattern from a book? Wonderful job!
July 20, 2009 at 8:46 am
Thanks Sue for visiting my blog and for recommending the book to me. I am drawn to the flat, more traditional papercuts, but when I start to do them the need to make the shapes grow and leap from the page gets the better of me.
Thanks Clare I am pleased you like my work,this is the first piece that I looked for flower template on the web. I have to say it was pretty useless for what I was trying to achieve but it did get me trying alternative ways and made me “work” with the paper. The first few were fiddly then I got the feel for the paper and they grew bigger and better. My inspiration for this piece was a summer garden, the house these are being installed in is in the depths of the english countyside then I rememberedI blogged the Chanel spring fashion show , see this post on my blog and you will see why !!
July 21, 2009 at 10:18 am
You are amazing!!!! Your work is wonderful…I find that it express powerfully the beauty, the aroma, the inocence and the bright light of white flowers….it must be so fulfilling to create something and to enjoy the results! And I feel that, when the project will be finished and the garden will be in it’s place of honour, the result will be astonishing! I love decoration, especially when is done with such a good taste….maybe I say this because what you do is also my style, but isn’t it everything subjective in the end?
May the Universe brings you the energy and the patience you need to finish this amazing work!
Love and Light!
Lumi
September 5, 2009 at 4:29 am
Wow…these paper flowers look wonderful. Your blog is interesting. It was nice going through your blog. Keep it up the good work. Cheers
September 11, 2009 at 5:30 pm
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September 11, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I LOVE these!!! I must have them for my studio! I made paper flowers from a template for my girlfriends wedding and they were so labor intensive, but these are so beautiful! How will you affix them to the wall?
September 11, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Yes they are a labour of love and many hours spent forming these creations. Two hundred in all. they were pinned and glued onto backing board and place in large perspex boxed and wall mounted. Thanks to everyone who visited my site and for your kind comments.
October 3, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Oh my!!! These are exquisite! Please tell me you have a how-to book available? Or maybe are thinking of doing one?? They’re just LOVELY!!
October 4, 2009 at 6:26 am
food for thought Jamie, just might do that……….. watch this space. Thanks for visiting my site, hope you enjoyed it.
January 28, 2010 at 2:02 pm
OH MY GOD these are so wonderful!! I have been trying to make some roses, from boring books, but from the side they always look a little too flat…
can you tell me what you used to stick the pieces together?
thank you so much!! these flowers are just SO lovely~!
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April 29, 2010 at 7:44 am
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December 6, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Wondering what type of paper you used to make the flowers.
December 6, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Hello Louise
I use watercolour paper, smooth surface
April 18, 2011 at 6:33 pm
hi carol, can u show me step by step to do this type of paper cut. im try so many time its not working..pls carol
June 5, 2011 at 9:30 am
Seems for some reason your comment slipped through the net. It is my intention to do this one day, but its still in the pipeline !
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October 2, 2011 at 4:00 am
I’m interest in contacting for the paper garden idea. Can you please e-mail me at walter@decorwithgrandeurinc.com. Thank you.