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French Knots in Paper Too
I did not do as thorough a job of documenting this piece as I did with the first one. I chose to create a less elaborate design with this one, and work with larger circles in a slightly different way....
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Making Marks with Thread
I’ve been working on another clothing embellishment project in my head over the last few weeks, and when I sat down to finally start it on Monday I realized the idea was not going to work well with the...
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French Knots on Paper in Blue
I started working on a fourth French knots in paper piece during Culture Crawl weekend to keep myself occupied during the slow times, and also to demonstrate process to visitors. There are so many...
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Revisiting My Paper Cutting Sketchbook
I want to take my paper cutting work in a new direction incorporating different shapes because the usual ones are starting to feel stale. I’ve been working with them for five years now, and it is time...
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I drew this heart as a gift to give friends we were joining for dinner on Valentine’s Day. It’s inspired by line work I revisited last week as I worked on a commission that combines paper cut and...
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Work In Progress: Multiple Paper Cut Sketches
Before starting another 3D paper cut piece last week I decided to do a few small sketches to work out an idea I’ve had in my head for the last while. I wanted to make two half circles slightly offset...
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Work In Progress: Stitching a Denim Skirt
When I started this clothing embellishment project in February I thought I would end up using a traditional sashiko pattern as my chosen design, but the highly structured approach didn’t suit what I...
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Work In Progress: Spirals and Waves
Progress on this piece has been much slower than I would have liked but I managed to put the finishing touches on it yesterday. The actual size is 19.5″ x 19.5″ hand cut from 98lb Canson Mi-Teintes...
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Work in Progress: Sketching Triangles in a Circle
I started this piece so that I could shoot a quick hyperlapse earlier this week to share on Instagram. I’ve learned to not do this while working on something I want to turn out well. The tripod set up...
View ArticleThirty Days of Drawing Project
I decided to begin a thirty day project on the first day of May as a way to get inspired and generate new ideas. I’ve been feeling artistically stale and stagnant lately, and hoped it would be a good...
View ArticleThirty Days of Drawing Project – Part 2
Here is a second look inside my Paper-oh sketchbook and the 30 day drawing project I started on May 1st. This video includes work from May 9th through to May 21st. A post shared by Paper artist...
View ArticleThirty Days of Drawing Project – Part 3
A third look inside my 30 Days of Drawing Project sketchbook. This video includes day 22nd to the 31st. I should rename the project to 30 Days of Drawing +1 because there are 31 days in May. You can...
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Stitching a Formal Sashiko Pattern
When I was in Toronto a few months ago I visited a shop carrying gift items from Japan and came across their stash of sashiko stitching supplies. I bought myself some thread and one of the pieces of...
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Work In Progress: My Third Tyvek Scroll
In paper cutting news, I started working on my third 7 foot long tyvek scroll in mid-July and it is going very well. I needed a big project to focus on for awhile and this one came to mind. I’ve been...
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Three Tyvek Scrolls
I took a few quick photos this morning of the three tyvek scrolls laid out together on the floor. I’m still working away on number three but I wanted to see how the previous two would look alongside...
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Work in Progress: My Third Tyvek Scroll Completed
I ended the summer by finishing work on the third tyvek scroll. In the photos shared at the beginning of August I’d completed the larger design elements and the next stage was to do freeform cutting...
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Work In Progress With Envelope Paper
I’ve been focused on writing proposals rather than producing work over the last few weeks, but an opportunity that came up last minute with a short deadline led me to some very productive studio time...
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Work In Progress: Repetition and Pattern in Blue
For one of the recent proposals I started roughing out an idea for an installation inspired by this classic Japanese textile pattern of repeating scalloped shapes. The version I started with looks...
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Experiments with Block Printing
I’ve been slowly working out how to tackle the idea of creating custom printed paper to use in my cut paper work going forward. I don’t have the facilities available in my home studio to do screen...
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Experiments with Block Printing Layers
I’ve continued with my experiments in learning how to carve and print rubber blocks. Last week I carved two more and used them to test out a few new inks purchased after my initial work in the studio,...
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Process: Block Printing on Cut Paper
Earlier in May I was putting together a few pieces of small work for Meet the Makers, an event with Crafted Vancouver. I created four scribble pieces in white paper all with two layers each. After I...
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Work In Progress: Pattern Mixing 2.0
For the past few weeks I’ve been slowly working on the first in a series of new paper cut pieces. The work has been slow because for the first time ever I am drawing the design first before cutting. I...
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Pattern Mixing with Printmaking and Paper-Cutting
In some ways I feel like 2019 is a bit of a do-over for all the things I’d planned to do in 2018 that got washed away by the flood. Printmaking was high on the list of goals last year that was no...
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A Beautiful Prototype
This year I’ve returned to an important part of my process that I hadn’t been utilizing as much over the past year or two. I’ve been starting a new piece by first making a prototype of the idea. My...
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Work In Progress: A New Sashiko Stitching Project
I restarted this sashiko stitching project at the end of May after stalling out on it for a few months. I originally purchased a suiting fabric to make a piece but hating working with the stretchy...
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