Class Title
Paper Cut Magic: The Floating Forest
Amy Maricle
Maker-Designer-Teacher |
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Class Description
Learn the art of paper cutting. Paper cutting is a beautiful art form that plays with shadow and light, depth, and form. Amy will teach you all the basics – safety, technique, and ways to engage mindfully in this beautiful practice. You’ll see how she uses paper cutting to make sculptural work, framed papercuts, and dynamic, interactive art journal pages.
Taking your inspiration from the woods that surround you at Squam Lake, you will cut nature-inspired shapes and patterns. You will make simple shapes and cutouts, as well as dangling, spiral shapes that seem to dance in the air.
You will then take these light, beautiful forms and suspend them from a delicate branch. Each of these mobiles will hang from the ceiling of your workshop space to create a floating forest. You will take your mobile home with you, and can continue to use paper cutting to transform your art in dynamic ways.
Experience Level: All are welcome.
THING IN YOUR KIT: (Click the links to see the one's Amy suggests)
About Amy: Amy is an artist and art therapist who is fascinated by the connections between nature and art. In her classes in art journaling, painting, book making, and paper cutting, she teaches students to slow down and co-create with nature, using a playful creative process to find more joy and meaning. She is the author of Draw Yourself Calm: Draw Slow Stress Less.
Taking your inspiration from the woods that surround you at Squam Lake, you will cut nature-inspired shapes and patterns. You will make simple shapes and cutouts, as well as dangling, spiral shapes that seem to dance in the air.
You will then take these light, beautiful forms and suspend them from a delicate branch. Each of these mobiles will hang from the ceiling of your workshop space to create a floating forest. You will take your mobile home with you, and can continue to use paper cutting to transform your art in dynamic ways.
Experience Level: All are welcome.
THING IN YOUR KIT: (Click the links to see the one's Amy suggests)
- Alvin Self healing cutting mat, 8.5 x 12
- Excel #11 blades
- Exacto gripster knife
- Strathmore 300 Series Drawing paper, 9x12
- White thread
- White embroidery floss - check your local craft or notions store
- Delicate Branch from home (or find one at the lake)
- Cardboard for transporting your creation home
- Blue Painters tape - check your local stores
- Kit Fee: $25 -- USD
About Amy: Amy is an artist and art therapist who is fascinated by the connections between nature and art. In her classes in art journaling, painting, book making, and paper cutting, she teaches students to slow down and co-create with nature, using a playful creative process to find more joy and meaning. She is the author of Draw Yourself Calm: Draw Slow Stress Less.