Paper and Other Fine Arts
Instead of creating a separate post for every monogram I create in 2021 (and in future years) I will be adding images to this “Paper Quilled Monograms 2021” post over time. And, in 2022, I’ll start a new post. This way they are all in …
Instead of creating a new post for every single cat I make this year, I plan instead to just update the original categorical post. So, for Original Scrollwork Cats | 2021, this will be the main “thread.” This will include all scrollwork Fat Cats, Memorial …
I started Roaring Lion late December of 2016 and finished him early January 2017. At the time, I was on a creative binge and was pumping out large, elaborate quilled artwork as fast as my fingers could twirl paper. When the lion was done I …
As some of you know, we took a “staycation” this month. It was the first meaningful vacation we’ve had – well… ever. Or, the second one if you count the cross-country trip we took when we moved from California to Maine in 2008. I don’t …
Last summer I prepped to make a replica golf course for my boss’s birthday. I searched the internet high and low for layouts of his favorite courses and really didn’t have great luck. My original idea was to make a paper replica of the whole …
A month or so ago the President of the Guild of American Papercutters contacted me to create a monogram for their Director of Outreach. This was a gift being given to her at the annual conference. She provided me with a photograph of a wedding …
I finished up this incredible monogram today. I am calling it a Floral Gaelic Double Wedding Monogram, but in reality it’s just a double monogram that I incorporated specific themed concepts into. These include the two primary flowers and greenery from the wedding bouquet, the …
I absolutely hate having to deal with copyright violations. It’s just not something that is enjoyable. It’s stressful. It’s argumentative. And worst of all, it really – I mean REALLY – gives me a negative outlook on human beings in general. So here we go …
I got two orders back-to-back to create a nearly identical cat. Both cats were black with amazing amber eyes and a long brownish mane. Gorgeous cats and perfect subjects for my foray into pet portraiture as the colors were simplistic and it was more a …
One of my husband’s co-workers was interested in getting a custom piece made. My husband – being my biggest cheerleader – always shows the guys my artwork and most of the time I think they probably just “ooh” and “aah” out of respect for him. …
I made three quilled cat portraits back in like 2016 or 2017 and I haven’t attempted one since. The style I used at the time was an artsy, scrolly, kind of whimsical one that incorporated scrollwork and coils and other quilled shapes. The end result …
I recently had a customer ask me to make a specialty item. I often entertain these requests because you just never know if they’re going to be a good idea or not. Sometimes I discover quickly that I’ll never attempt it again, and others, like …