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Petrina
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SCBWI -Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

I'm a Paper Engineer and Illustrator of Pop-Up Sculptures, Pop-Up Books -Made to Order, Cards and Volvelles.

I currently live in Upstate New York with my husband and 2 puppies.  I grew up in Bayside, Long Island on a quiet street.

I graduated from Monroe Community College with a degree in Rec. Leadership where my internship took me to working with senior citizens.  I loved spending spare time being with and creating art projects for my next class with them.

After college, I did a lot of freelance artwork; watercolors, logos, printing business cards.  To help support myself, I worked as a cashier, waitress & played keyboard in a band. The money from the band paid for me to go to College.

I took a Fine Arts course, at Finger Lakes Community College. I’ve won awards at local art shows, displayed my paintings at local banks, libraries and a major department store.

After working for a Fortune 500 Company, in Finance for 17 years, I shifted focus to designing and creating paper sculptures and Pop-Up Books.

My Studio opened in 1994.

Abstraction, Altered Books, Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, Korean, Mexican / Latin American, Modern / New Styles, Nature, Paper Sculpture / 3D, Papercuttings, Pattern, Puppetry, Realism, Religious, Scherenschnitte (German), Silhouettes, Traditional, Wycinanki (Polish)