Thursday 2 June 2011

Papercutting Workshop for Beginners

Last night I held my first ever Papercutting Workshop at The Make Lounge in Barnsbury Street, Islington.  I have to admit I was pretty nervous about it - having never done anything like that before.  But as soon as I started talking about papercutting, all the anxiety went away and everyone just got down to work.  There were 10 ladies altogether - some came with a few ideas and some came with no idea what to expect and no idea where to start.

I had produced a few templates for them to work from as well.  A blank piece of paper is a scary thing to be confronted with especially when you don't really know how to approach the drawing as a papercutting.  It was interesting for me as a teacher to see what problems were thrown up to the beginners.  Actually they were the very same problems that I had struggled with myself as a beginner, but had forgotten.  

Anyway, after 3 hours or so, they all managed to produce at least one 15cm sq papercutting - and some of them produced more.  The photos are below - I think you'll see that some of the results are really fantastic for beginners!  I hope they all enjoyed themselves.













9 comments:

  1. It looks like fun was had by all! Nice pieces of work! x

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  2. Miss Suzy,
    You must be some incredible teacher! Those papercuts look bea-u-ti-ful! Congratulations on your workshop. Wish I could take one...but you would have to come to the US!
    xo Deirdre

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  3. I attended the class and found it very inspiring. Thanks Suzy

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  4. Thanks everyone! Happy to run a class in the US if I'm invited - he he!

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  5. Hi Suzy,

    was just wondering if you have any workshops lined up at any other venues apart from the make lounge? I'd love to learn papercutting but can't make the other dates you have lined up there!

    Your work is amazingly gorgeous!

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  6. Hi Mims

    Thanks for the lovely message. I've sent you an email via your website :)

    Suzy x

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  7. The pieces created by everyone at the Make Lounge workshop are gorgeous! I would really love to come to one of your classes and will definitely be checking out future dates.

    Becky x

    ps. wishing you a speedy recovery

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  8. Thanks Becky - hope to see you there sometime :)
    Suzy x

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