Development of my Mays Barn Studio Days, and other ideas for online silhouette cutting and remote appearances at events around the world.
WHEN I EXPLAIN that I can cut silhouettes over Zoom, some people simply don’t believe it’s possible. So here is an April-Fool’s Day invitation to all online event organisers to experience a free ten-minute sitting in my online portrait studio.
HAVE YOU ALREADY MADE PLANS for Christmas? Or are you, like me, completely stuck? I’ve been thinking about silhouette cutting as an online ‘gift experience’ and holding onto the idea that silhouettes still make interesting and personal mementos of the unique times we’re all living through.
OVER THE FIRST FEW WEEKS of lockdown I did a series of online experiments. I began simply by inviting friends to an evening of online silhouette cutting.
DID I MENTION that I was building a time machine? Well, I’m delighted to report that my silhouette time machine is now live and active.
THE TIME-TRAVELLING silhouettist sounds like a character from a steam-punk extravaganza. I’d love to imagine I could be that man!
SOON AFTER the start of the Coronavirus lockdown all my “real world” events were cancelled. Since then, I’ve been cutting my silhouettes online, especially at Zoom parties. I’m finding it a surprisingly intuitive and fun way of working.
I’VE BEEN ASKING MYSELF whether I could cut silhouettes from home. As Coronavirus spreads its way around the world it seems everybody is trying to pivot their businesses online. Can a silhouettist work this way too?
