Category: Papercutting

Papercutting, scherenschnitte, kirigami, wycinanki, cardmaking with laser cutter or by hand.

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Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 085

papercut 085 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 085

This is papercut 085 (only 15 more to go!) of my papercutting project (using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book.  I am adapting the designs for papercutting, and then practising by cutting out 100 designs in 100 days. Eventually I may may incorporate them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)

Because of the many repetitive elements in this design I think it might be one of the designs that would look better if cut by laser.

papercut 085 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

However, I’m not too disappointed by the hand-cut version. The ‘sun ray’ bits are quite crisp, actually.

papercut 085 - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

As well as the central sun/flower design, I can also see things in this design that remind me of fish.  (Or sharks. Or maybe birds.) When I move onto my next epic papercutting project (of creating all of my own designs from scratch) then I might remember this one, and try to hide some fish or animals in an abstract-looking design.

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Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 084

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Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 084

This is papercut 084 of my papercutting quest (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 really like this design, and it didn’t seem to take very long to cut. That reminds me – I must start timing how long the cuts actually take, because I really have no idea how long each design takes to cut. I enjoy the process so much and find it so ‘therapeutic’ that sometimes I can be cutting a really big project and it feels like the time is just flying by. And then other times, of course, I could be fighting with a fiddly design, in fading daylight, and using a blunt blade that I can’t be bothered to change – and in those cases the cuts seem to take forever.

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I’m also getting better at tidying up the cuts before I take close-up photos of them!

papercut 084 - Kay Vincent - LaserSister
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Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 083

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Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 083

This is papercut 83 of my papercutting quest (using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book, in preparation for incorporating them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)

This is a very simple-looking design, but sometimes they are the hardest ones to make a decent job of cutting…

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…but even close up I think this one actually looks OK. My skills really are (gradually) improving, as I get closer to the end of my 100-day challenge.

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Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 082

papercut 082 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 082

Papercut 082 : Oh dear! I’m in the process of changing over my website host, and have been a week without being able to access my blog.

I’ve moved the old pages and blog posts across to the new host, but there are still a lot of tweaks that I need to make in order to get the site fully working again.

In the meantime, I continued to do my papercuttings every day, so now (belatedly) I am finally able to update the website with my latest papercuttings:

Day 82 of my papercutting adventure (using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book).

It might not look it, but this was quite a tricky design to cut. The design involved having to leave just tiny links of paper in order to hold the actual physical piece of paper together. So the overall piece got very lacy and delicate towards the end.

papercut 082 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

I’d cut similar designs to this one earlier on in this project (i.e. even before starting this ‘100 days’ project), but I didn’t really like the results, before. However, now that I’m getting more proficient at cutting by hand (and also at adapting designs so that they can be cut out but still look fairly attractive), the end result is quite close to what I had imagined in the first place:

papercut 082- Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Plus, it’s another art nouveau-style design, so that quite appeals to me, and it also makes any mistakes less obvious because the curves and swirls in the design make it harder to spot.

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922 Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 061

papercut 061 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Decorative Vector Ornaments: Paper cut 061

Day 61 of my continuing papercutting project (using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book, in preparation for incorporating them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)

This one taught me that the ones that look the easiest (with their straight lines and repeating shapes)…

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…are the ones where I still struggle to see the good bits once I’ve finished. It is only the bad bits that leap out at me and show me that I still need to build my papercutting skills:papercut 061 - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

 

 

 

 

 

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922 Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 058

rose papercut 058 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Decorative Vector Ornaments: Paper cut 058

58% through my continuing papercutting project (cutting a design a day for 100 days, from the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book, in preparation for incorporating them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)

…and this is one of my favourites so far:

papercut 058 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

A few bits went wrong on it and it was a bit nervewracking and frustrating to cut loads and loads of those jagged ‘shaded’ bits, but for once I don’t even care. I just enjoy looking at it 🙂

papercut 058 - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

I’m going to really enjoy using this one as a lasercutting file in several future projects, I think…

 

 

 

 

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922 Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 056

oak and acorn papercut 056 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Decorative Vector Ornaments: Paper cut 056

Day 56 of  the ongoing papercutting project (cutting a design a day for 100 days, from the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book, in preparation for incorporating them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)

Oh no! I spent a load of time cutting this one and then dropped it on the floor and trod on it! Fortunately I didn’t do toooo much damage to it.

papercut 056 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

 

papercut 056 left - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

papercut 056 right - Kay Vincent - LaserSister