papercut 100 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Papercut 100 from “Decorative Vector Ornaments” Book

Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 100!

I did it! This is papercut 100 of the 100-day-long papercutting project!

(Using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book for inspiration, I was adapting the images for papercutting, then practising by cutting out 100 designs in 100 days.)

I saved a great big complicated design for the 100th papercut.

And I think this might also be my favourite so far. The design needed quite a few tweaks to make sure that all of the black pieces were linked and didn’t just fall out when I’d just them. And of course, it’s an Art Nouveau-type design, which I particularly like:

papercut 100 with pen for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Closer up:

When I compare the roses at the top to some of the designs I cut earlier in the project, I can tell that my cutting skills have really improved. All those teeny tiny lines, and none of them got accidentally snipped off:

papercut 100 - Art Nouveau style roses - hand cut with scalpel - watermarked - LaserSister - KayVincent

Maybe I did lose a little bit of concentration and patience when I got to the bottom. There are a few straggly fibres of paper sticking out here and there that I should have tidied up.  It’s still nice though:

papercut 100 bottom - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

I was watching “Couples’ Retreat” and then “The Boat That Rocked” on Amazon Prime while I did the cutting, so I guess it took about four hours to finish (although obviously I was watching films at the same time, so it would have taken less time if I hadn’t been watching them).

So…now the project is finished! What shall I do now??? I’ve kind of got used to spending an hour or so each evening working on an art/craft project. Plus the book didn’t just have 100 designs in it – it had 922…

Er, no. I don’t think I’ll carry on cutting one per day. That will take me over TWO YEARS. I’ll have to come up with another project instead. And this time it should actually involve the laser cutter, and not just designs suitable for lasercutting.

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