Dec 6: A second 3D Ornament Workshop with Cindy Stinson Chennell!
Cindy’s second ornament workshop is on December 6! Learn how to make woven heart basket and paper orb ornaments. NOW only $15 for this workshop on its own!
Date: Sunday, DECEMBER 6, 2020
Time: 4-6pm Eastern Standard Time; 1-3pm Pacific; 9-11pm UK; 10pm-midnight Europe. Sign up now!
NOTE: All payments for classes are non-refundable (unless a class is canceled).
GAP artists! To have a particular piece showcased in our ever-changing gallery, please email a good resolution image with your name and the title of the work to gap@papercutters.org !
Join the Holiday Paper Angel Exchange!
In honor of the lovely First Cut tradition of acknowledging donations from members with Paper Angels, we’d like to introduce the Holiday Paper Angel Exchange! Anyone who would like to participate will be matched randomly with another participating Guild member. You will create small angel- or holiday-themed paper treasures for one another–artworks that are relatively small scale, simple, and able to be mailed in an envelope. You and your Angel Partner will send your artwork directly to each other.
We will feature the Angel Exchange artwork online, and on our Instagram and Facebook pages, with artist attribution of course, as a holiday celebration and to help us get to know one another a bit better!
If you would like to participate, email Lucrezia (Angels@papercutters.org) to let her know by December 15. She will match you with a partner by December 20, and both of you will get each other’s names and mailing addresses. Create your angel, and send it before December 31 to your Angel Partner, along with a brief note sharing a bit about yourself, your life, and your artwork. Mail it out, and wait for the magic of the postal service to bring your partner’s angel and note to you, too! 🙂
You’ve Got Mail!
Papercut Bookplate Designs Coming to GAP Members in the Mail
Linda Emmerson Linda Peck Kathy Trexel Reed Sarah Madison
Recently, Guild members contributed their papercut artwork to the current exhibit at GAP’s National Museum in Somerset, PA, curated by Rebecca Raupach. And now, some of these beautiful member-created designs (the most popular, according to walk-in voters at the GAP National Museum) have been made into bookplates for the upcoming Member Gift Mailing!
There are plans afoot now to send it around also as a traveling show, hosted by GAP members around the country. If you think your area could host a showing at a specific place you have in mind, please let us know: Send mail to us at gap@papercutters.org.
Big Tent Crafty Hour “Fall Folds” with Carolyn Guest a success!
Thanks to everyone who came out for the wonderful November “Fall Folds” Crafty Hour, and especially to the amazing Carolyn Guest for her dazzling demos of how to cut 5-, 7-, and 9-pointed stars. Also, thanks to Bianca Levan for the gracious hosting!
Pittsburgh Collection / Conference Postponed to 2021
Due to the coronavirus epidemic, our plans to meet in person on the campus at Greensburg this June/July have been postponed. We will be in touch with all presenters and members by email with the new plans as soon as we can. Stay tuned!
And if you are interested in collaborating with the Conference Committee members, send an email to volunteer – all help welcome: conference@papercutters.org.
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