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Portrait and caricature silhouettes by Inger Eidem

Portraits and Caricatures by Inger Eidem

4 Comments / 5 minutes of reading / History of Silhouettes

I HEARD ABOUT Inger Eidem long before I knew her name. Whilst cutting silhouettes at events I’d occasionally meet people who’d tell me about silhouettes they had done in their childhood. Apparently the artist cut through two pieces of paper at the same time, one of which became a portrait and the other a caricature.

Capturing Likeness in Caricature

17 Comments / 6 minutes of reading / Silhouette Art

IS IT POSSIBLE to make a caricature likeness in silhouette? This question vexed me for many years. I decided to try…

A wedding proposal in caricature

3 Comments / 2 minutes of reading / Weddings

WORKING AS A SILHOUETTIST at events, I do get some odd requests. Such an occasion happened a few weeks ago, while I was cutting caricature silhouettes at a student ball. The event took place at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel near Heathrow in July 2010.