{"id":953,"date":"2011-09-30T09:22:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.datcha.ca\/la_datcha\/?p=953"},"modified":"2011-09-30T09:22:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:22:19","slug":"bestiary-papercuttings-it-all-started-with-truffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.datcha.ca\/la_datcha\/2011\/09\/30\/bestiary-papercuttings-it-all-started-with-truffles\/","title":{"rendered":"Bestiary: papercuttings (it all started with truffles)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Semaine 37 - Bestiaire de ma Datcha, sur Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/20983499@N00\/2491526919\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3217\/2491526919_d2242dcc79_o.jpg\" alt=\"Semaine 37 - Bestiaire\" width=\"424\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"41- Bestiaire de ma Datcha, sur Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/20983499@N00\/2932230662\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3180\/2932230662_93fecceca3_o.jpg\" alt=\"41- Bestiaire\" width=\"473\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can no longer throw away paper scraps for it might become a part of my <a title=\"Bestiary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/20983499@N00\/sets\/72157594461068921\/\">bestiary<\/a>. It is quite spare at the moment (the papercutting part of it), but more imaginary animals will soon join the family.<\/p>\n<p>It all began with a creamy chocolate candy: I started making truffles to hand out to family and friends at Christmas about five years ago and that offering called for a nice wrapping\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"La grenouille de ma Datcha, sur Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/20983499@N00\/346687063\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/133\/346687063_ecf457a302_o.jpg\" alt=\"La grenouille\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Le party de petites cr\u00e9atures de ma Datcha, sur Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/20983499@N00\/346687064\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/152\/346687064_101c06b01f_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"Le party de petites cr\u00e9atures\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first papercuttings were very basic. I made leaves and other simple forms as you can see in the image above. It eventually evolved into more complex creatures but never as intricate as these <a title=\"Papercutting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/37051688@N00\/show\/\">incredibly detailed works<\/a>. I think it would drive me crazy to cut to such precision and as impressed as I am with these beautiful pieces, I also like the simplicity of my little beasts. I don&#8217;t know if it is due to their chocolaty origins, but they all turned out with round bellies.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"42 - Bestiaire de ma Datcha, sur Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/20983499@N00\/2948874153\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3207\/2948874153_7ca813e58e_o.jpg\" alt=\"42 - Bestiaire\" width=\"473\" height=\"590\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Paper Works\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamlondono.com\/public\/editor\/assets\/PaperWorks-ArticleContemporary-Architecture-Magazine-Singapore.pdf\">Paper Works<\/a> (PDF): contemporary artists and designers working with paper like Chris Natrop and Mariam Londo\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>Have a good weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can no longer throw away paper scraps for it might become a part of my bestiary. It is quite spare at the moment (the papercutting part of it), but more imaginary animals will soon join the family. 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