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Founding Guild Members

This page honors as many of our early movers and shakers as possible. GAP is indebted to all our members, past and present: here are some of our passionate and quirky foremothers and forefathers.

  • Tilly Schouten
    Tilly Schouten
  • by Tilly Schouten
  • Paul H. Trattner - magician, Santa, and papercut artist
    Paul H. Trattner (magician, Santa, and papercut artist)
  • Blanche Turner silhouette
    Silhouette by Blanche Turner
  • Blanche L. Turner, Come Live With Me and Be My Love, 11.5"x13"
    Blanche L. Turner, Come Live With Me and Be My Love, 11.5″x13″
  • Walter Von Gunten - crow in tree
    Crow in Tree, by Walter Von Gunten
  • Walter von Gunten (1930- )
  • Do Unto Others, by Karen Shain Schloss
  • Sharon Schaich - past GAP President
    Sharon Schaich
  • Flowers by Sharon Schaich
    Flowers by Sharon Schaich
  • Kerch McConlogue
    Kerch McConlogue
  • Mandala of Women, by Kerch McConlogue
  • Ursula Kirchner, Scherenschnitt artist, d 2014
    Ursula Kirchner
  • Detail of "The Great Flood in Ovid's Metamorphoses," by Ursula Kirchner
    Detail of “The Great Flood in Ovid’s Metamorphoses,” by Ursula Kirchner
  • Trudy-Kaufman-being-filmed-in-Denver
    Trudy Kaufman (seated)
  • Trudy Kaufman holding framed papercut artwork with heart
    Trudy Kaufman
  • Sukey Harris 1934 - 2019 - in her garden
    Sukey Harris
  • Sukey Harris' Log Cabin on W Main St - Annville
    Sukey’s and Dick’s Log Cabin on W Main St in Annville
  • Elaborate heart-centered papercutting in color, by Mary Lou "Sukey" Harris
    by Mary Lou “Sukey” Harris
  • Sandra Gilpin
    Sandra Gilpin
  • Elaborate papercut artwork of flowers centered within a square with cut border, colors, by Sandra Gilpin
    Flowers by Sandra Gilpin
  • Peaceable Kingdom, by Claudia Hopf
    Peaceable Kingdom, by Claudia Hopf
  • Daisies and Butterfly, Dragonfly, by Claudia Hopf
    Daisies and Butterfly, Dragonfly, by Claudia Hopf
  • "Turtle, Tree" by Claudia Hopf
    “Turtle, Tree” by Claudia Hopf
  • Children Playing, by Arlene France
    Children Playing, by Arlene France
  • Marilyn Diener
    Marilyn Diener
  • Lovebirds and doves, by Marilyn Diener
    Lovebirds and doves, by Marilyn Diener
  • Pamela Dalton
    Pamela Dalton
  • Scene by Pamela Dalton
    Scene by Pamela Dalton
  • Ellen Brown - shown working on her sculpture, Seawitch
    Ellen Brown
  • February Thaw, by Ellen Brown
    February Thaw, by Ellen Brown
  • Paul D. Beal
    Paul D. Beal
  • Running Horses of Jettenbach, by Paul D. Beal
    Running Horses of Jettenbach, by Paul D. Beal
  • Claire Archer
    Claire Archer
  • Hunterton County in April, by Claire Archer
    Hunterton County in April, by Claire Archer
  • Tsirl Waletsky
    Tsirl Waletsky
  • by Cecilia (Tsirl) Waletsky
    by Cecilia (Tsirl) Waletsky
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A Word from our Museum Director

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The GAP Logo Story

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GAP Logo - calligraphy "Guild of American Papercutters"
GAP Logo – designed by Blanche Turner with calligraphy by Karen Shain Schloss

Laurel Arts’ Imagination Garden

Lovely local TV coverage of Laurel Arts’ “Imagination Garden,” with a few glimpses of GAP’s National Museum, whose home is within the Laurel Arts Center in Somerset, PA.

https://www.abc23.com/newspost/the-imagination-garden/

A Home for Paper Artists

Through its publications, traveling exhibits, papercutting conferences, workshops, and demonstrations, members of the Guild of American Papercutters (GAP) seek to spread and celebrate the art of cutting paper. Whether you actively design and cut in paper, or simply appreciate the finished works of papercutters, we invite you to join our community. Our worldwide membership embraces all styles, materials, cutting methods, and experience levels. However you work, whatever your style, you will find kindred artists in the Guild of American Papercutters.

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214 S. Harrison Avenue
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Email: GAP@papercutters.org

814.443.2433

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