Are you the only artist who does this?
THIS IS A QUESTION I hear a lot. The answer is “not quite…”. Silhouette cutting does occupy a tiny niche in the world of art, but I’m not quite the only one.
People book me as a silhouettist because the process is really entertaining. Cutting freehand silhouettes of the guests visna lot of fun.
THIS IS A QUESTION I hear a lot. The answer is “not quite…”. Silhouette cutting does occupy a tiny niche in the world of art, but I’m not quite the only one.
HOW MANY WAYS cut I cut a silhouette? To be honest, I’ve let count. Soon after I cut my 50,000th silhouette I realised repertoire was everything. Since then, I’ve made it my ambition to cut or paint every kind of silhouette I can imagine. Here are some of them.
NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS what a silhouettist is. When I describe what I do,I’m often met with a blank stare. “You mean, you cut up bits of paper for a living?”
IVE BEEN RECIEVING a number of enquiries about dinner parties, or small meetings, for 20 people or less. One particular event organiser, who called after a client had asked her about silhouettes, was understandably skeptical: “They’re only expecting 12 guests” she said “I know how fast you are, you’ll only be there for 15 minutes