REGISTER for our May Workshop
Sunday, May 19: David Friedman’s Colored Shadows:
Mounting Technique for Papercutting
Artist David Friedman (@friedart), began papercutting over 12 years ago and in the course of that time has come up with some unique techniques. This 2 hour workshop will explore his colored shadows mounting technique. Through this workshop, participants will learn how to create a duplex paper for easy cutting and then will be taken through the options for how to mount the cutting allowing for the colored papers to reflect on a white background.
Materials List (click for info)
About the Artist
David Friedman is a Founding Board Member of Portland Open Studios, and a current Board Member of Art in the Pearl (Portland, OR) and the Guild of American Papercutters. David studied Art and Painting at the University of Illinois. After graduating, he moved to NY, then in 1993 to Portland, Oregon. Using both traditional papercutting techniques along with reflective color optics, he emphasizes the dimensionality of paper by hand cutting the paper using scalpels and x-acto knives and then mounting the papercuts using mini-stilts that he creates. Color is laminated on the back of black paper so that the color reflects. David creates multiple level pieces with many colors. His newest work uses the reflective optics of color paper to create color “shadows” that look like the pieces have been airbrushed behind the paper…but it is solely light. Creating pieces that mix those colors together in multiple layers of paper and color is the most recent direction of David’s work.
Date and Time: May 19, 2024; 2-4pm EDT / 11am-1pm PDT / 7-9pm UK / 8-10pm Europe
Zoom link emailed about a day before workshop.
Fee: $35 / $30 with GAP Member Discount: Members please use code GAP15
Snowflake Exchange 2023
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Member Slideshow
Be sure to send us yours to include! Email: gap@papercutters.org OR webmaven@papercutters.org
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GAP Artists created these beautiful bookplate designs a few years ago, and they are traveling! If you have a local place you think would be willing to host this miniature exhibit of papercut artwork, please contact GAP President Randall Williams to get onto the touring list!
Last year, Guild members contributed their papercut artwork to an exhibit of bookplates at GAP’s National Museum in Somerset, PA, curated by Rebecca Raupach. And now, all of these beautiful member-created designs have been traveling through the country, hosted by GAP members and their communities. If you think your area could host a showing at a specific place you have in mind, please let us know: Write us at exhibitions@papercutters.org or president@papercutters.org
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Our virtual conference was a hit! Thanks to everyone who participated, in all ways! You can still access some of the fun at our Conference2021 website. Enjoy!
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The Guild of American Papercutters is a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The operation of the Guild is accomplished by volunteers and a very part time archivist and administrator at the Laurel Arts Center. For more information, email: gap@papercutters.org