{"id":81,"date":"2020-10-09T00:17:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T00:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heather.subtleglitch.com.au\/?p=81"},"modified":"2020-11-25T04:02:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T04:02:11","slug":"sample-papercraft-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"Layered papercut parrots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creating birds with paper is delightful as they share many characteristics. My objective with this project was to illustrate the delicacy, lightness, colour and movement of birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following my white “Moments in Flight”<\/a> sculptures, I designed these layered paper cuts to experiment with colour. While I mainly used coloured paper vellum, I wanted to blend colours on the feathers. The biggest challenge with vellum is trying to paint it! As vellum hates <\/em>water or any liquid (it resists the colour and curls up) I finally managed to “stain” the feathers using small amounts of airbrush ink on rags, and gently rubbing it in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These pictures consist of three layers mounted in a box frame. Each layer has a body piece on a central ‘post’ and some white foliage. The back layer features the back wing , the centre layer features the tail and the front layer features the front wing. This gives a 3D effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pieces are framed with glass backing and are designed to stand in front of a window or light source. The photo at the top of this post (or click on the images below to enlarge) to see how light brightens and blends the layered colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n