Cherry Blossoms in Cut Paper

Not feeling very well today--but not bad enough to be in bed-- so I broke out the DVD's and Xacto blade! I had found a plastic + wire faux tree branch at Hobby Lobby recently.... time to transform it!

Amazing what a few cuts and folds can do to paper...


...now I have a cherry blossom branch for my bathroom :~)


**You know, paper crafts definitely help an upset stomach....

Cut Paper Peacock

Mmmm, fun with cut paper!

Sign of the Times

Check out what just came for me in the mail!
I really like the way this cover illustration turned out... and it's so great to see it in print form on the magazine! Yay.


This is how the sculpt looked before I added the Presstime title. The sculpt was made basically to scale, so it was around 7" by 9" and the paper stood out about 1.5" in thickness.

Cut Paper Everywhere...

Long time no blog! Here goes.

I've been up the past few nights working on a paper sculpture for a magazine cover... not sure if I'm allowed to blog the final yet, but here are some tasty scraps hanging around my work desk! Enjoy :~)


A business man negative.


Some paper cutting utensils... sharp!


I've constructed a tiny paper "glue boat" for the Elmer's.


Jagged mountain cut-outs.


Here's part of the finished product. A road sign to indicate it's time to reduce your carbon footprint.


Merge, please!


Caution: Networking Ahead.


...and here's where I keep all my paper scraps I've collected through the years. I know it may look disorderly, but it's really not so bad. It's full of papers I've cut out of for several different projects, and papers that I think are way too pretty to ever touch!

I was lucky to be shopping at a World Market when they were stocking cases of this Bonny Doon wine: Domaine des Blagueurs Syrah Sirrah. It's label is decorated with one of my favorite Ralph Steadman illustrations!
(Yummy wine, too.) This artsy box was saved from the cardboard baler and has been admired for some time now ;~)

Hope you enjoyed my art mess before I clean it all up!

Storming the Globe!

Hello!
I've been busy illustrating, and this here is piece #3 out of 4 deadlines due this week! Whew! :~) It's a magazine cover dealing with different ways media/information is used globally. I'm so happy I was asked to work on a paper sculpture this time; 90% of my work is polymer clay (which I love) but it's refreshing to be able to mix it up once in a while!
I'll have more to share with you on Friday, and then I'm off to Charleston, SC for apartment hunting!!! Wish me luck!