{"id":2886,"date":"2020-07-01T07:50:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T07:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2025-02-14T19:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:05:38","slug":"cat-and-robin-layered-papercut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/cat-and-robin-layered-papercut\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat and Robin Layered Papercut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was asked how I did the cat and robin layered papercut.
\nFor this article I have simplified the stages, number of layers and individual pieces used.
\nFrom a master drawing, on A4 (60gm) tracing paper I traced guidelines to create a 10\u201d x 7\u201d image (inclusive of 1\/2\u201d bleed all around) to be cut down to a 9\u201d x 6\u201d finished image.<\/p>\n


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MY BASIC PATTERN.<\/p><\/div>\n

1. BACKGROUND.
\nAn A4 piece of knobbly-textured watercolour board (270gms) was used to accommodate the 9\u201d x 6\u201d image. Fine dust was scraped off a green and a blue pastel stick \u2013 NOT oil pastel \u2013 and rubbed in with kitchen towel. The more the dust is rubbed, the smoother, less streaky, the colour becomes. I darken by adding more dust or lighten gently with a soft or plastic eraser.<\/p>\n

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\"WINDOW<\/a>

WINDOW FRAME.<\/p><\/div>\n

2. WINDOW FRAME.
\nUsing 100gm white paper \u2013 7\u201d square \u2013 the 4 glass panes were cut out. An ink pen divided the upper and lower portions and defined the right-hand border.<\/p>\n

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\"PATTERN<\/a>

PATTERN FOR LEAVES.<\/p><\/div>\n

3. THE LEAVES.
\nIn one piece, the leaves were carefully cut out of 100gm paper with a scalpel. Coloured with yellow and light green, pastel dust was rubbed in with cotton buds. For deeper colour I stroked the cotton bud along the pastel stick and rubbed heavily on the ends of the leaves. To fix the position of the leaves behind<\/strong> the window frame, I used 112gm tracing paper to trace and indicate the upper and lower removed panes. Leaf pattern is shown in green. Red areas denote holes cut out.<\/p>\n

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\"Robin<\/a>

Robin & Cat<\/p><\/div>\n

4. ROBIN.
\nThe 5\/8\u201d robin was drastically reduced, in 2 stages, from a 51\/2\u201d original drawing of mine. Cut out (very fiddly!) and stuck behind the bough it sits on, with claws inked on the front of the bough. When all three of these parts were finished, the leaves and robin were glued behind the frame and then glued onto the background, using the first traced pattern to show its position.<\/p>\n

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5. CAT.
\nThe pattern for the cat is shown to the right, together with an upper body support. Made from 3 pieces I used a light box to lay this tracing on, and with heavyweight cartridge paper (220gms) laid over, I gently drew the shapes and markings, which I inked in before cutting out.
\nThe face can be put on the body base at any angle, with a bit of the top black showing between the ears. The furry back is stuck on the body base too. A white area (shown red for clarity) is cut alongside the black left shoulder, to form a white right shoulder flap to glue under<\/strong> the cat base to hold its position. (See PDF 5 for how I placed it.) I put the complete cat aside and heavily inked under the window frame. I glued a piece of wallpaper to show under the windowsill.<\/p>\n

6. WINDOWSILL.
\nI made this from pale tinted and spotted 100gm paper, wider (1 5\/8\u201d) than first planned. A 3\/16\u201d piece was cut to represent the edge, not obvious when scanned. Allowing a tiny gap of the black ink to show under the window frame, I glued the windowsill over the wallpaper.<\/p>\n

7. CURTAINS and PELMET.
\nUsing textured, off-cream paper (220gms), I cut 2 pieces (10\u201d x 2 1\/8\u201d) and gently marked both at top and bottom 1\u201d, 1\/2\u201d and 5\/8\u201d. I scored and folded down the 1\u201d mark. I turned both over and scored down the 5\/8\u201d mark. Looking end on, the paper was Z-shaped. Using the same textured paper, the pelmet was cut 7\u201d x 1\u201d long.
\nOpening the 2 curtain shapes, I coloured the 5\/8\u201d areas only, in a heavily applied red pastel dust, rubbing it in to give a patterned effect. Before sticking both the 1\u201d sides down on the red, I slid in a spare piece of paper to protect the red and covered the wider sides in pale mauve pastel dust, rubbing it in vigorously, to achieve the same patterned effect. Spare paper removed, the mauve was stuck down over the red. The pelmet was coloured the same way. Each curtain was stuck down from the 10\u201d side edges. The pelmet was stuck down over the curtains from the top 7\u201d edge. The curtained window was placed on clean paper, another clean sheet placed over it and under 2 heavy books.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>8. COMPLETION.
\nUsing the image to the left as a guide, I glued the cat, with its upper body support on the back, to the window frame and sill. Finally, I trimmed 1\/2\u201d off all around to give the 9\u201d x 6\u201d picture. There is no need to do so if the artwork is to be framed.
\nFinal word: to enhance the glass appearance, I put a thin sheet of cellophane between the window frame and leaves. When scanned, it gave a flare mark in the lower left panel. So, leave it out, it was not a good idea!<\/p>\n

*** FINIS ***<\/p>\n

David Cook<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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