L.Silberman Works

Here are two new papercuts inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Thanks to Cherry Blossoms for the idea!

Alice and the Cat, 2009

Queen Alice, 2009

As previously mentioned, I will be selling my papercuts at BINGE on Saturday, December 12 from 12 – 8pm. Here is a copy of the postcard going around:

Check out all of the rules and information by following the link here! Very easy to play – go to my etsy site (http://lsilberman.etsy.com), choose a favorite item, and tell Cherry Blossoms why in the comments section. Also several ways to have extra entries. Winner will receive a print of their choice from the store! Have fun

L. Silberman  is currently the featured artist on the blog, Funny Sky, who is also an artist of beautiful origami earrings, jewelry, and paper crafts. Funny Sky’s store can be found here.

Additionally, I’m with two other great artists Savannah O’Gwynn and Tiffany Burks on The Paper Stop’s blog as part of their 12 Days of Christmas feature. Each day will feature another question answered by the three of us. Paper Stop makes all sorts of handmade and digital paper crafts which can be found at their store here.

I’ll soon have a giveaway on the blog for Cherry Blossoms Design. Not up yet, but I’ll update when it is. You can check out Cherry Blossoms’ work at their store here.

I created this papercut as a gift to my husband’s stepbrother.

Buddha, 2009

Copyright L. Silberman 2009

Additionally, I did a pencil drawing of my husband’s other stepbrother’s daughter.

Maya, 2009

Copyright L. Silberman 2009

I’ve been accepted to my first show:

BINGE 2009

OPEN STUDIO HOLIDAY SALE

12.12.2009 : NOON TIL EIGHT

3504-06 ASH STREET (IN HAMPDEN), BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21211

VISIT bingeholiday.blogspot.com FOR MORE INFORMATION!

What is Papercutting?

Papercutting comes in many different names:  Scherenschnitte (German), Kirigami, Kiri-e, Mon-kiri or Senga (Japanese), Sen-shi, Jian zhi or Hua Yang (Chinese), Wycinanki (Polish), Mizrah (Hebrew), Papel Picado (Spanish), Decoupeur (French)or Papytomania (American English). This ancient art is seeing an exciting resurgence in the arts community. I create my papercuts a little differently from some of the traditional methods. Instead of using scissors, I use an exacto-knife to carve out my pictures from a single sheet of bristol board. I use a subtractive method, in which removing paper reveals the image.  Some of my most recent cuts are below. Most of these were originally created as gifts for friends. Beneath the images are links to some of my favorite papercut artists on Etsy.

Recent Papercuttings

Bellydancer, 2009

Bellydancer 2, 2009

Pirate Tess, 2009