Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 081
This is papercut 81 of my papercutting adventure (using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book, in preparation for incorporating them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)
I thought this design was going to be a pain in the butt to cut, but it turned out to be quite enjoyable and therapeutic because of the repetition and the challenging aspects to it:
First of all I cut the teeny tiny little dots out. They are approximately 1mm across, so it’s a miracle really that any of them look even vaguely round. Especially since the blade was getting quite blunt by then, so I was having to hack them out of the paper instead of cleanly slice them.
Then I did the sort of stacked-hearts shapes, by cutting the left-hand curves first then rotating the paper so I could move onto the next shape, etc.
And finally I did what should have been the easiest bit, which was the hole in the middle. Which is the bit that turned out looking the most wonky! Never mind – I can always tidy it up later, I suppose:
