Scherenschnitte
by Carol Senske
Title
Scherenschnitte
Artist
Carol Senske
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The art of Scherenschnitte is using scissors to cut designs into paper. I did some of this intricate and lovely work years ago while learning of the Pennsylvania Dutch arts.
A quote from Wikipedia says, "Scherenschnitte (German pronunciation: [ˈʃeːʁənˌʃnɪtə]), which means "scissor cuts" in German, is the art of papercutting design. The art work often has symmetry within the design, and common forms include silhouettes, valentines, and love letters. The art tradition was founded in Switzerland and Germany in the 16th century, and was brought to Colonial America in the 18th century by immigrants who settled primarily in Pennsylvania."
This is actually a fractal design that I duplicated, rotated, matched up on various edges, added a texture and a layer of color before converting it to black and white.
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September 20th, 2014
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Comments (5)
Laurel Adams
Mother Nature, I am so enjoying your exploration with textures...whether in man made or Nature settings...the organic focus of your work is Truly amazing!... beautiful..LF
Constance Lowery
interesting creation.
Carol Senske replied:
LOL - It is interesting in that you can blink your eyes and you see a different aspect - instead of points sticking up you see cones. I appreciate your visit very much - thanks:>)
Mother Nature
Thanks a million for the feature, Navin! I'm so pleased to have a feature in Top Digital Artwork!
Tessa Fairey
Awesome creative design Mother Nature! Beautiful! l/f
Carol Senske replied:
Tessa, I'm so happy you came by for a visit:>) Thank you for the lovely comment and the L/F - all support is very much appreciated!
Nancy Kane Chapman
How wonderful that you were able to translate this scissor art into a fractal and then produce this lovely work! It's very very beautiful! Love the b&w! F/L++
Carol Senske replied:
You are so lovely to say that! I'm so happy you like it, Nancy:>) Thanks for visiting and sharing:>) Spot is thriving and, in the future, I see him being a lot like your beautiful Feather - he loves people but is currently teething which is feline he!!.
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