'G'

A month or so ago I held a Giveaway here and on FB.  The winners wanted a G and an S.  So I've made a start on the G - hope to get it finished in a day or so.

I love this stage where it just starts to appear.

C is for Conrad

A lovely commission for a Christening.  The requirement was that it should be blue and have leaves and birds.  The parents of Conrad are apparently both heads of Art Departments at two different schools.  No pressure there then!  Hope they like it!  Here you can see the progress from drawing to final cut.

NA ZDROWIE!

So I finally managed to finish this big commission and get it all sent off to the US.  As it was so large, I had to send the pieces unmounted with full instructions how to glue it all down!  I hope the lady has managed ok!  Anyway, here's the semi-finished piece.

Giveaway Winners

The randomly generated numbers were 57 and 102.

The lucky winners are:

102 is.... Louise Waters who wants a G

and

57 is... Angela J Taylor (no relation!!!!) who wants an S

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Please message me with your addresses!

Papercut Giveaway Update!

Hello lovely people!

As I've had such a great response, I've decided to draw 2 winners.  Each of your names, plus everyone who's entered on FB, has been added to a numbered list.  At 6pm GMT tonight I will close the Giveaway and use a Random Number Generator to select 2 numbers.  Winners names will be posted both here and on FB at around 6.05pm!  Very exciting!  Good luck everyone.

Suzy x

Papercut Letter of Your Choice Giveaway!!!

Hi everyone, especially if you've come via Facebook.

As promised, in celebration of reaching over 2000 'Likes', I'm running a papercut giveaway - and this time it's an original, not a print!  Woohoo!

All you have to do is comment either here on this blog post or comment on the FB post with your name and which letter you'd like me to papercut for you if you win.  You can also say why you want that particular letter, or who it's for etc.  Let's make it more interesting!

The winner's name will be randomly drawn on March 31st and you will receive your papercut by end of April at the latest.

The papercut letter will be cut in black and will be approximately 15 cm tall.  My letters are all individually drawn by hand and then cut by hand - so no two are the same.  I usually sell these for around £150-£175 each.

So, please spread the word and good luck!

Suzy x

"NA ZDROWIE" Cheers! (in Polish)

I've been commissioned to create this Polish phrase for a client in the US.  The brief is to start with a fully cut letter 'N' and then for each successive letter to be gradually less and less cut until the final letter which will be a solid 'E'.  Each letter is approximately 8" tall x 4" wide - so quite a big project.

I'm using Tyvek for the first time in a project.  In case you haven't come across it before, it's a really strong and smooth paper which is virtually untearable.  Often things are packaged in it to protect them.  It's really thin and cuts like butter - so it's great to use as there's no snags or fraying.  I can get all the lovely detail in that I like without worrying.

So far I've done the 'N' and the 'A' and have started drawing out the 'Z'.

Here are the progress photos.