Scherenschnitte

Scherenschnitte means papercutting in German. I know, I could just call it papercutting but I like saying scherenschnitte. It’s harsher sounding and that’s just fun, really. :P

My mom introduced me to it, but it’s been easily more than ten years since I’ve tried it. It felt like it was time to give it a try again. :) I decided to try it out with an image I found online and with paper I had on hand. Here’s the image I used as my template:

Pretty, isn’t it? Some details got lost when I knocked down the resoltion so be sure to check out the galley for the original and more fantastic creations too! I think I aimed too high for my first attempt after so many years. It’s a hell of a lot harder than I remember. But here’s what I ended up with:

It’s rough. And I skipped out on some of the detailing. What I learned is that cardstock (the only paper I had on hand) is much too thick for this. And I shouldn’t be trying this when the humidity has my joints as swollen as they have been for weeks. Hand = hella pain. I also want to get a swivel head blade since that will help with the rounder edges, I think. Guess I need to hit the craft store soon, eh?

My goal is to one day be able to make stuff like this and this. Better yet, I want to eventually design my own. Steampunk owls a plenty…huzzah! :)