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Scherenschnitte
February 19th, 2010
Cut paper, silhouettes, sculptures; call them what you like but personally I think they’re pure genius! Scherenschnitte is the fancy name for these lovely works of art by the talented Cindy Ferguson. I can’t get over all the tiny little details! I thought I was handy with a craft knife until I saw these. Luckily for all of us, Cindy has a blog of her own where you can see more of her amazing work as well as download templates for free!
And for those lucky enough to live in Salt Lake City, Utah, Miss fancy fingers has a beautiful show taking place this weekend at the Discovery Gateway Museum from 6-9pm. If you can’t make it but would like a glimpse into how the craft is done, check out this sweet little video that Cindy put together as an introduction.
Have a great weekend everyone and see you back here Monday!
February 19th, 2010 at 7:41 am
‘Scherenschnitte’ is nothing more than the German word for ‘paper cut-outs’ (literally: scissor-cuts). Nothing fancy about it, really!
I agree, though, they’re beautiful. I love the ‘Thank you’ head!
February 19th, 2010 at 8:44 am
Just stumbeld across a German word in the English section of my blog feeds – Scherenschnitte – and immediately had to find out why it was there. So here I am – lovely work, those cut papers! And I love your blog, too – by the way!
Scherenschnitte means “scissor cuts” if you translate it literally and we use it exactly for that kind of art shown above. Lovely!
Greetings from Germany
Tiffy
February 19th, 2010 at 9:16 am
These paper cuts are delightful!
February 19th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
wow, how beautiful! i love paperwork.
February 19th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Wow, these are stunning – thanks for sharing!
February 19th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Love these! Thanks for posting!
February 20th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
These are gorgeous. I am so fascinated by papercuts and the precision and work that goes into them.
February 21st, 2010 at 10:50 am
These are so lovely!
The details is beyond amazing.
::running to check out her blog::
February 21st, 2010 at 11:02 am
Nothing fancy about it???! These are one piece of paper hand cut into beautiful works of art. F-A-N-C-Y!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 21st, 2010 at 5:22 pm
These are beautiful! What a cool hobby to pick up.
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Thanks so much for the link! The show went really well and it looked so pretty! I love your blog! I use lots of exclamation marks!!!
September 28th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Do you sell patterns for german paper cutting?