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Jessica
Palmer
Search Press
12 July 2015/ ISBN 9781782210665
How-To Books/Papercutting
Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
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Be your own die cutting
machine and decorate cards, albums and more with your own papercuts.
This ancient craft is enjoying a revival, and if you need an
excuse to pick up a knife and get cutting, this book might just
be it. Part instruction manual and part art book, this is going
to be a talking point when it is on your coffee table, as well
as something to delve into for inspiration. There is a lot of
that in here: lots of illustrations of the work the author has
done to get the creative juices flowing. You can also find out
what you need to obtain to get started (not much, this is a
very cheap hobby) and how it is done. Some of the advice involves
how to look at things like a papercutter, and where to look
for ideas, for the actual cutting part is mostly about doing
it rather than reading how to do it. At the back of the book
are twelve templates, mostly of nature and a couple of faces,
as well as a project involving tracing a real object in order
to cut it out (a seahorse). The bulk of the book is a look at
the artist’s own work, and that of her students, which
shows just what can be achieved with practice and some innate
talent. If you are hoping for more step-by-step projects than
a couple, this is maybe not the best book, and I think those
who will get the most out of it are those with an art rather
than a craft background (hence the title), but then papercutting
is as much an art as a craft.
If you cannot find a good range of papercutting materials locally
try http://www.searchpress.com
for a list of suppliers.
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| UK Reviewer: Rachel Hyde's
work can be found in Sewing World, Sew Hip, Popular Crafts
and other magazines. Her craft blog is Green
Thoughts |
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