Award-winning Polish-American folk artist from Elmira, NY, specializing in Wycinanki Polish Paper Cutting and Pisanki Polish Egg Decorating.. Featured Folk Artist on WSKG-TV, selected for "Out of the Ordinary: ..a traveling 3-year show, several one-woman-shows, won Best in Show 4 times, taught hundreds of people folk arts for 35 years, appeared on local television shows, TV newscasts, and newspaper. NYS presidential Easter egg representative 2008. Also working in Fine Arts.
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SCHERENSCHNITTE (German Paper Cuts):
Heart Designs
The heart shape is fun to work with in paper. First, you choose a piece of paper with the color that you want and fold it in half. You then draw half of your design with pencil and cut out the negative spaces (holes) with a pair of sharp-pointed scissors. When you have a design that isn't completely symmetrical, like the boy and girl in the heart, you cut out the heart leaf design first and complete the cutting of the people separately. Otherwise, you would have two identical people face to face. When the design is unfolded, the delicate paper cut is glued carefully on the card stock background and matted..
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