Blood Orange

Blood Orange, a photo by anklecemetery on Flickr.

Postage stamp assignment for a Design 1 class in spring of 2008.

Drawn by hand with micron ink and colored pencil. Hand-lettered.

This piece is now in a private collection.

Henry V

Henry V, a photo by anklecemetery on Flickr.

"Thou hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst; and thou shalt wear me, if thou wear me, better and better." (Henry V's proposal to Katherine of Aragon, and forgive me, I don't remember when it happens).

This was an experimental papercut, and a large one at that; I'm pleased with how it turned out, and, personally, think it would be a lovely wedding gift.

400-series Strathmore paper (18”x24”), xacto knife.

Juggling

Juggling, a photo by anklecemetery on Flickr.

It's true, I took Juggling 101 as a physical education credit when I was in college. I did not actually manage to learn how to juggle, which was unfortunate, but Tony was kind enough to let me pass, once I made a poster in lieu of completing the performance part of the final.

Primacolor pencils and ink on illustration board. Typography done by hand.

Nesting

Nesting, a photo by anklecemetery on Flickr.

A large papercut (around 14" wide, I think) of three eggs in a nest; no reference was used.


Silhouette paper, xacto knife. Photographed on Canson Mi-Tientes paper (unmounted).

Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf

Originally uploaded by anklecemetery

My papercut project of "Peter and the Wolf" (by Prokofiev, no less), is finally complete! You can see detailed photos of the entire accordion structure on the Ankle Cemetery Flickr account.

Colophon:
This accordion book was hand-cut from Strathmore 400-series drawing paper. It is backed with Japanese tissue and covered with Balinese paper.

Fonts: “Kremlin Duma” by Bolt Cutter Design & “American Typewriter” (condensed light) by Joel Kaden and Tony Stan.

“Peter and the Wolf” is a musical symphony composed in 1936 by Sergei Prokofiev for the Central Children’s Theatre in Moscow.

In Progress

Currently working on a panoramic accordion book inspired by "Peter and the Wolf."

Book pages are folded and cut from Strathmore 400 paper; I'm using my trusty #11 blades (about 25 so far) to cut out the scene.

I'm sensing a theme here.

I'm almost certain this picture doesn't do this project justice, but behold: my favorite project from my bookbinding class with Andrew Huot (I'm getting academic credit for this class, it's crazy).

This is a "tunnel" or "peepshow" book, which is a scene created from layers of paper. Usually these layers are progressively smaller illustrated margins, but I like making things harder for myself. This scene has eight pages (counting the front and back sheets).

Cut from Canson Mi-Tientes papers with xacto blades, bound with accordi0n-folded Strathmore 400 weight paper and glue.