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Colored Shadows:Mounting Technique for Papercuttings with David Friedman
May 19 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
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
- Black or White pastel paper. I like to use Canson’s Mi Tientes Pastel Papers available in most art supply stores or through Amazon. I recommend at least 8” x 8” for this project.
- Thin, brightly colored papers for creating the color base that light will reflect upon. You can use any bright paper…I like the Neenah Astrobrights papers or colored origami papers. Ideally you should have multiple colors to create a gradient from one color to another. If using two colors they should be precut to 4” x 8” each.
- A simple design for cutting. I will provide several of my simpler designs as templates for those who want to cut one of my designs.
- Glue stick or adhesive sheets or tape, pencil, tracing paper
- Glue (PVA or Alene’s Quick Dry Tacky Glue or YES Paste )
- Cutting Knife: I like to use the Excel brand #11 blades and handle. I don’t usually use scissors for my cuttings but you can use whatever is most comfortable for you.
- White illustration board 8” x 8”. Single or double ply is fine.
- ⅛ or thicker foam core. Black or white. Can be as small as 4” x 4”
- Optional: An 8” x 8” Shadowbox frame. This 3 pack of frames for $14.99 available from Michael’s works well.
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.
