Two new papercuttings: Mothers and Winnie the Pooh

[eakarink]

I made these two papercuttings recently. The first one was a gift for my mother; the quotation is from Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet." The second one was a gift for a friend who loves Winnie the Pooh; it was my first time designing the text freehand instead of using a typeface! The first is cut out of an 8.5"x11" sheet of paper and the second one is in an 8"x10" frame, to give you a sense of scale.

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[sophieangele]

Lovely, especially the first one. Did you design it yourself? It looks absolutely beautiful!

[Ffrogg526]

Those are beautiful!  While I love Winnie the Pooh as much as the next person, I have to say my favorite is Khalil Gibran quote.  I had to read it several times to actually get it because its Saturday and I'm slow on the weekends.     But I love that tree.  Its beautiful.  Great work!

[rjannelle]

These are fantastic! I love the details in the tree and how well you've done the silhouette of Winnie. The ducks are super cute too did you use an exacto knife?

[mandipan]

These are great. What a wonderful and thoughtful gift!

[RuuSuu]

I ADORE the winnie the pooh one!!! so cute!!! 

[l_diva]

This is super cool!  I really like the swirls and such in the tree!

[zaluly]

what beautiful work, love the first one

[grammardog]

Oh, stunning!  Incredible work!  Very inspiring.

[kjlutz]

Those are beautiful.

[AshleyCatherine]

Those are so beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen papercuttings matted and framed so I think that is very neat.

[Muddlepud]

They are awesome! I love the designs of both. Very well executed!

[lady sadie]

Gorgeous! I'm working on decorating my little one's nursery right now and I love this idea.

[jw455]

You've given me some great ideas Eakarink - though I'll probably choose some simpler designs.  The great part about paper cutting is that if you get a great message or design together (like your Winnie the Pooh) half your work is already done.

[kimchery]

Wow, they are AMAZING!

[marieC]

My husband gave me The Prophet when we first started dating.  I love the imagery in his writing and I love the tree you made.  They really click. 

Huh, I'm going to have to go pull that book out again.

[kbsprouts]

Oh, wow. I don't even know what to say they are so beautiful!

[goddessgarb]

Uhhhhmazing.  How long did it take to do that tree?  It looks flawless.  And I adore Pooh and that is just too cute.

[threadbanger]

They are both beautiful!  I'm jealous of your mad papercutting skills!!  They look like something that was perfectly cut by a machine.

[eakarink]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! To answer a few questions:

-I generally design my papercuts on the computer, and I usually create the design by arranging images I find online, because I'm not so great at the art part but decent at the layout/design part. For the one for my mother, the tree was based on an image that I found online, and I added the text and the ducks. For the Winnie the Pooh one, I traced a picture of Winnie, but the balloon and text were done from scratch.

-I cut the designs using an Exacto knife, on a self-healing cutting mat.

-I would guess the tree one took maybe 4-5 hours of cutting? The Winnie the Pooh one was a much simpler design and so it probably didn't take me more than 2 hours. It's hard to calculate because I tend to work on papercuttings in bits and spurts -- if I work for too long I start to go a little bit crazy and the knuckles on my index finger get sore!

[SewCraftyMommy]

These are amazing!

[cutandi]

 

[ColetteK]

These are great! I specially like the first one.

[heavenlyharpstrings]

I have done german papercutting for 25 plus years. I love your tree cutting. Do you share/sell patterns?

[Homerof2]

Great work - my favorite is Winnie and how he seems to be climbing the frame.

[eakarink]

I have done german papercutting for 25 plus years. I love your tree cutting. Do you share/sell patterns?

Sorry it took me several months to see this -- I'd be happy to share a PDF of the tree pattern for free. Since I don't hold the copyright for the image it certainly isn't my place to sell it. :-) Send me a message if you're still interested!