It's the floofy clouds that get me
April 11, 2016 8:59 AM Subscribe
I worried as I made this post that it might be too slight for MetaFilter, but I just find these so cheerful and fun that I can't help but love them. The big swooping clouds that are barely traced in the cuttings but that you can almost feel the fluffiness and the movement, the little details like tractors and haybales and llamas, the stonework and waves and ropes. I hope a few Mefites love them as much as I do.
The second link talks about her process, and it almost makes me feel like I could make these, too. But then I remember that I can't draw and have no sense of perspective and have never actually papercut anything.
posted by jacquilynne at 9:04 AM on April 11, 2016 [1 favorite]
The second link talks about her process, and it almost makes me feel like I could make these, too. But then I remember that I can't draw and have no sense of perspective and have never actually papercut anything.
posted by jacquilynne at 9:04 AM on April 11, 2016 [1 favorite]
and have never actually papercut anything.
Your finger...?
posted by Fizz at 9:34 AM on April 11, 2016
Your finger...?
posted by Fizz at 9:34 AM on April 11, 2016
All of her art is absolutely wonderful - thank you so much for posting! The floral pieces would make beautiful tattoos.
posted by Fig at 9:52 AM on April 11, 2016
posted by Fig at 9:52 AM on April 11, 2016
I love this, and now I too want to try and do it, despite have the art skills of a sugar crazed toddler.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 10:11 AM on April 11, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 10:11 AM on April 11, 2016 [1 favorite]
The sad thing is, my niece, who is 3, recently painted a portrait of Frida Kahlo at her Montessori preschool that is probably better than I could have done. I don't even have the art skills of a sugar-crazed toddler.
posted by jacquilynne at 10:53 AM on April 11, 2016
posted by jacquilynne at 10:53 AM on April 11, 2016
jacquilynne, I understand the narrative, but let's not reinforce the image of great artists as all obsessed with cookies and throwing tantrums when they don't get a nap on time.
posted by The Gaffer at 11:03 AM on April 11, 2016
posted by The Gaffer at 11:03 AM on April 11, 2016
More seriously, does the composition remind anyone else of Tolkein's paintings of the shire?
posted by The Gaffer at 11:03 AM on April 11, 2016
posted by The Gaffer at 11:03 AM on April 11, 2016
Now that I've googled "Tolkien's paintings of the shire"? Yes, kinda.
posted by jacquilynne at 11:28 AM on April 11, 2016
posted by jacquilynne at 11:28 AM on April 11, 2016
These are pure delight! The clouds are fantastic and I love the bright colors in the windows, too.
posted by mochapickle at 11:41 AM on April 11, 2016
posted by mochapickle at 11:41 AM on April 11, 2016
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