Paper Cut magic....

...because it seems impossible to creat something so intricate and detailed out of a simple sheet of paper.

i want to try something new- every monday i'll be featuring some of my favorites from etsy, flickr and my interweb browsing adventures.

by mon petite fantome, magic (top) and step into my parlor

PaperCut-Nahcotta, by caitlin keegan
 

papercutsbyjoe
 

paper cut die cut

for mon petit fantome....

my etsy boyfriend....

who showed me an incredible kindness with the gift of this hair piece! its is lovely- feathers, shells and flowers for my messy head. not just this but the paper cut prints below as well. all out of the blue. just because. how amazing are you chad! it made me so happy. many, many kind thanks! see this is why chad is my etsy boyfriend.

I Have Many Secrets The ConjurerII

the titles! find these prints and so much more good stuff at mon petit fantome's shop, flickr, and bloggy blog. but don't even think (including you mathyld) of stealing my boy... i will fight you.

p.s my real life boy insisted that i add that he took the pictures of me above.

i miss everything...

...i work in chelsea and never go to the shows, because i just want to go home after work and don't want to go there on my days off either. its a shame because i miss things like Peter Callesen's first solo show in the U.S, Folded Thoughts at the Perry Rubenstein Gallery. (the title is unfortunate, but who am i to say such things?) while he does performance, installation and drawings he is best know for his papercuts. they are in large and small scale, with painful attention to detail.

White Diary, 2008

when i think of papercut work i think flat, silhouettes and his work jumps off the paper into three dimensions. i can't even imagine the kind of skill and patience that goes into making these kinds of works, but i like that his process shows...

Impenetrable Castel (detail), 2005

this is some of what i missed from his show. would have loved to have seen it...

Fall, 2008

Fall (detail), 2008