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Louis

april — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:22:11 +0000

Commissioned by AG and JG for the first birthday of their son Louis, named partially for the great musician Louis Armstrong.

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Two Zebras

april — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:20:07 +0000

This papercut was a commissioned piece. The two zebras are calmly intertwined, each doing their own thing, looking at what’s around them, but not with an absence of passion and tension.

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This is the true joy…

april — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:44:06 +0000

This piece was created as a commission. LR wants to give it as a gift to honor a physician mentor of hers. She chose the quote, which is from George Bernard Shaw and reads “This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.”

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H.G. Wells loves him a bicycle

april — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:23:06 +0000

Just finished creating this papercut this past weekend. A friend of mine wanted to commission a piece for her spouse for the ocassion of Christmas, the pending completion of their house-renovation project, and just love in general. They are both avid bicyclists and love a good story.

This quote from H.G. Wells was part of the request: “Every time I see an adult riding a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” It includes 12 es, 7 rs and is, 6 as, 5 ts, and ns, 4 us and os, 3 ds, hs, fs, ls and cs, 2 ys, gs, ms, and ss, and 1 v, p and b. In case you were wondering.

The bicycle itself comes directly from Talia Lempert’s painting of Goldie.

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laser cut papercuts

april — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:55:03 +0000

In preparation for the art fair I’m going to be at on Sunday, I had five of my designs cut with a laser by Pololu. Today, they arrived in the mail. No, you’re not seeing blurry! There are 10 of each in this photo. These will be for sale for the first time ever on Sunday. Soon after, they’ll be available on this website. Each design is a limited edition. Get them before they run out!

Eat Food IV

april — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:00:58 +0000

This is my fourth papercut inspired by the first line of Michael Pollan’s article “Unhappy Meals.”

Lo Alecha II

april — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:31:23 +0000

This is my second piece with the phrase starting “Lo Alecha”. This text loosely translates as “It is not for you to complete the work [of repairing the world]. Not up to you to finish it. But neither are you free to desist from it.” This phrase comes from Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), which is part of the Mishna, the Jewish oral law.

Ayelet Engidawork

april — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:24:24 +0000

This papercut was a gift to friends with a new baby daughter. It’s three-layer – white, maroon, pink. Into the white layer are cut gazelles, the name Engidawork in Amharic, and the name Ayelet Ophira in Hebrew. Into the maroon layer is cut the priestly blessing, given over children weekly.

A Secret Commission

april — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:04:13 +0000

I’m starting research and design work on a secret commision – secret because the people who commissioned it don’t know about it yet! I can’t say much, other than this papercut involves a lot of research into how to spell things in a language I don’t know at all. And the due-date deadline for the papercut is unknown. A fun challenge.

Ani l’dodi v’dodi li

april — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:32:16 +0000

Alison commissioned this piece for her to give to her fiance as a proposal token.

She requested two trees with branches entangled and the words connecting the branches as if spread between the atzim of a torah. Despite a relatively short timeline, I think I came up with a really beautimous result!

The text is traditional and means “I am my beloved and my beloved is mine.”

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