The Victory Garden Initiative asked me to donate a piece of work again for the Fruity Nutty Affair this year.
This will be for sale as a silent auction along with donations from several other people, businesses and organizations.
Please click the links for more details on the event and the great work they provide for the community.
This will be professionally framed by a local Milwaukee framing shop.
Category Archives: bunnies
I designed this months ago so I could have something large to chip away on while I was in between designing smaller things to make.
If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you’ve probably seen elements of this over the last month.
My original thinking was to have that story book logo cut into the corner of everything I make that was inspired by folklore or a fairy tale, however, to get the detail, it would take up too much room on small papercuts.
Originally, this was in the day time, but I liked the night colors better so I added a moon at the last minute.
This is a commissioned piece I made for a friend.
The guidelines I was given were that it should include a fox, a raccoon, and a baby rabbit.
She left the composition up to me and this is what I came up with.
This is one of those pieces that looks much better in person.
I use textured paper that creates it’s own unique color and has depth & shadow. It is impossible to represent that effect on a digital screen.
I had to tweak some of the colors in Photoshop just so you can see the separation better, which isn’t necessary if you saw it in person.
This was my first raccoon and stork. I’m afraid I wont be making more raccoon’s any time soon.
It is too difficult to make them look unique.
On a recent visit to Chicago, the people I was staying with were talking about the film, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.
I sketched out some rough ideas of papercuts I could do about serial killers when I got home and came up with this.
This was inspired by the film Night of the Hunter.
Last update before I run this stuff down to the Waxwing for their upcoming Mini Art show this Friday.
First off is the show poster for the Dorian Taj / Prichard / Honda Pavarotti show at the Hideout in Chicago. Initially they asked if they could use one of my old images to make their own poster, but after showing them a few ideas, they asked if I could just make the poster. I re-cut out a flag and added it to my papercut from last week. The original image with the scythe was very influenced by old Soviet propaganda posters, so I decided to go with the same idea for the poster. It has already been pointed out to me that the font I used bears no resemblance to actual Russian text, so… no need to remind me again.
Last week I had a conversation about my papercuts involving buried people, so I made two more. The first one is more symbolically buried and the second one is literal. I wanted to add a lot more detail to the second one, but the tiny size prevented me from doing it. Perhaps I’ll make a larger version of it later on.
I never had a chance to re-make the papercut with the crib that I ruined last week.
I still may attempt to do it again soon.
This a variation of a much large design I made about a year ago, but never cut out, for a friends birthday.
It’s pretty small 4 3/4″ x 3 1/4″
It’s not based on anything other than the standard ‘what’s under the bed’ thoughts everyone has at some point in their life.
UPDATE: this got ruined in the framing process. I’ll re-make it later and probably slightly different.
This is the last piece I’m making for the Art Bar ‘tiny art’ show running from November 7th through December 31. If you are interested in any of the last 10 things I have made, they will be for sale there on those dates. The address is 722 E. Burleigh St. in Milwaukee.
I’m also going to be in the Waxwing art show the following Friday.
I’m off to start making things for that…busy, busy.