scherenschnitte patterns

Today I had a quick go and creating some more scherenschnitte patterns. Last time, I traced details from architecture in my photographs, to laser cut for cards. Today I traced iconic silhouettes from my photographs to make a row of images to repeat. If I were to spend a bit more time on them, I think they could be really good. I would like to use the same method with other subject matter, like tea & cakes or flowers & plants, and try alternative colour ways. I think the ones with more feminine subject matter will turn out looking like lace, which is always a good thing!

...watch this space!

(images: man playing alpine horn, pocket watch, chalet, fork sculpture as seen in the lake at Vevey, Swiss Army knife, Chapel Bridge in Luzern, mountain flowers.)

Experimenting with a continuation of my florals.

Recently I have been playing around with Illustrator, to convert some of my collaged designs into vector images. I thought this would be a good experimentation, and although I will lose the hand-made qualities that I loved about the originals, I can now easily change my colourways.

Pretty cover letter.

I have applied to a few jobs recently, using this as my covering letter paper. I used some of my disperse dyed florals to create a traditional looking letter head in the style of the personalised note cards which you can buy. I thought this kept nicely with my overall stationery theme.