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Lo Alecha

This text loosely translates as “It is not for you to complete the work [of repairing the world]. Not up to you to finish it. But neither are you free…

Back and Hips

I’m really enjoying these two-paper/two-color skeletons. This is the third one I’ve done and it features the spine and pelvis, with some connective tissue. See the piece here »

Ketubah – finished

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Grabby Frog

This piece was a commission for my fiance (very-soon-to-be spouse). I actually did the papercut months and months ago, but have been planning the watercolor background. Now that it is…

Ketubah, cut and written

My sweetie and I designed our ketubah together. I have now finished cutting the papercut and our professional calligrapher (on my list of things to become) finished the text. My…

Brooklyn Bridge II

This is the second in what I plan to be a series of four or five papercuts featuring this bridge. See the complete piece here.

Round Grapes with color

Here we go! This is much better. I painted a watercolor wash of green, green, and purple behind the round grapes. Now it’s done!

Round Grapes

This very line-y piece features a cluster of grapes in the middle surrounded by grape leaves and vines. I think it really needs some color … maybe I’ll try watercoloring…

Windy Tree

This is a windy tree… as in “it winds around” not as in “the wind is blowing.”

Spider Day Four

Last night I added only a gross (144) squares. That’s because I ran out! I have to buy more steel and make more squares. Also, I did a lot of…

Skeleton Back

I used two layers of paper, one white and one grey, to convey distance and space between the bones closer to you and the bones further away. I cut out…

Spider Day Three

Last night I added another 212 squares to the spider abdomen. This makes for a total of 551 squares. The abdomen is almost complete. Now I will begin creating the…