This papercut I made using a half-fold method, rendering the piece truly symmetrical. The Hamsa’s (a traditional symbol of protection) designs hide two fishes (symbols of fertility and the month…

This papercut was more tedious than many of the recent ones I’ve been doing of animals. Getting the gridwork cut just right, with straight lines and without cutting anything off…

I was inspired to do this papercut of a tiger (or, rather, do this papercut of the stripes of a tiger!) after seeing a photograph one of Mary Schwalm’s most…

After seeing some of my animal papercuts, and looking through some of Mary‘s photos, someone asked me to make a papercut of this frog, with his little toes all extended…

This inkblot-lookin’ penguin was inspired by a photograph of Mary Schwalm (as are a number of my other pieces). I nearly destroyed this piece because when I first designed it…

I was inspired to do this papercut of a giraffe (or, rather, do this papercut of the spots of a giraffe!) after seeing one of the photographs from Mary Schwalm‘s…

This small papercut features the two-headed eagle (often seen in Eastern European Jewish papercuts and other ritual art) and the word “Mizrach” which is the Hebrew word for ‘east’ and…

This papercut is based on the same phrase as a papercut from earlier this summer. Both are inspired by a Hasidic teaching, that all persons should have two pieces of…