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Lockdown Papercutting Project Day 64: Orange Tree

orange tree papercut - horizontal with scalpel for scale - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Orange Tree #627

“Orange Tree” is from the ongoing papercutting challenge that I’ve been doing. (Basically I’m trying to work my way through all of the designs in the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book by Dover Books.)

Today’s design is number 627 in the book. I have no idea whether those round things are oranges or not, to be honest, but I had to call it something.

Closer up:

orange tree papercut close up - Kay Vincent - LaserSister

Maybe it’s an olive tree? But in that case, those are big olives. It also looks a bit like a laurel wreath, but in that case, what are those fruits?

Even if it’s not a specific tree/fruit, I still like this motif. Basically I’m just a sucker for plant-based, Art Nouveau-type designs.

I enjoyed cutting this one, and I’m pretty happy with the result. There are a couple of bits that I’m tempted to neaten up a bit more, but overall I like it.

In the background today I’ve been listening to The Self Publishing Podcast. This show is so useful…all I have to do now is finish my book!

Do you know what the plant could be? Do you dis/agree that it’s an orange tree? Feel free to chip in via the comments page, or Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram.

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Lockdown Papercutting Project Day 17: Tall Fruit Basket

papercut 507 tall fruit basket horizontal - LaserSister - KayVincent

Tall Fruit Basket #517

This is from an ongoing papercutting project that I’ve been doing. (Basically I’m trying to work my way through all of the designs in the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book by Dover Books.) The book only has numbers next to the designs and doesn’t have names or titles for them, so I usually call them whatever they look like. Hence “Tall Fruit Basket”…

papercut 507 tall fruit basket vertical - LaserSister - KayVincent

Closer up:

papercut 507 tall fruit basket square - LaserSister - KayVincent

Although I think a tall fruit basket would actually be rather impractical in real life (What are those fruits? How the heck do you reach the fruit at the bottom? How do you clean it if a kiwi fruit goes all mushy? If it’s not hollow all the way down to the bottom, then why does it need to be such a tall plinth to just hold fruit? If you did stretch your hand down to the bottom and grab a big grapefruit, is the middle section too narrow to let you pull the grapefruit back up? etc…), I like the overall lines of the design.

But I’m guessing I won’t be using the design again in a hurry.

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