Babushka doll Paper Cut

I designed and cut a Babushka doll to congratulate a friend on her pregnancy.   

Family Tree of Love

I completed a family tree papercut commission which was a perfect gift to a father of a loving family.

Check out the timelapse film…

All You Need Is Love from Charlotte Vogel on Vimeo.

Tracy & Rochelle's First Wedding Anniversary Paper Cut

I was asked to make a paper cut for a friend to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.

The colour scheme of their wedding was red and white. I was shown their amazing wedding cake for inspiration:   

I made a quick sketch with their specific words, dates and initials. They loved it straight away, and suggested to include more song lyrics. 

 

 I drew it up at full size and cut it out:

I mounted it on red with foam sticky tabs behind the cut so that it raised it from the backing slightly: 

I also did a timelapse of it being cut:The Cutting of 'To The Stars And Back' from Charlotte Vogel on Vimeo.

Bottle gift

I have a friend who collects Isle of Wight memorabilia. I found an IOW sand bottle in a charity shop and dressed it up a bit, adding some charms and paper cut initials of her and her husband.   

Mother and Daughter silhouette papercut

I made a paper-cut portrait for a friend and her daughter. I thought it was such a sweet photo I had to try it out in silhouette. I left it unframed so that it was easy to post to America. 

Mother and Daughter silhouette papercut

I made a paper-cut portrait for a friend and her daughter. I thought it was such a sweet photo I had to try it out in silhouette.  

Ooh La La

Here's a new piece for The Mustard Cafe's wall…

Mustard Cafe Valentines Art Fair

My 'I Love You' bunting was in the window…

I shared a table with cutie-animal illustrator Karl Newson

Space Bunnies

Finally, my epic January papercut is complete!
This piece took ~8 hours to cut out over two weeks. However, prior to cutting, I spent countless hours originating the idea and preparing a cutting template.

I even filmed myself cutting it and prepared a time-lapse documentation, which you can watch here:
The Cutting of Space Bunnies from Charlotte Vogel on Vimeo.
Some work in progress images:

From this one sheet of paper…


… epic things grew…

Can We Shall We

Included in my prize for winning the Rob Ryan Christmas 2012 Competition was a beautiful 'Can We Shall We' laser cut! 

I spent a long time wondering whether to place a colour behind the cut. Pale blue and royal blue we're strong contenders, but I decided to settle with white to show off the cut to the most. 

I'm really pleased to have this in my home. 

A day at Ryantown HQ

After winning the Rob Ryan Christmas Competition and visiting Ryantown HQ to collect my prizes, I was offered a day's work experience with them.

My main task for the day was trimming their hand printed Valentine's cards (available on Etsy). I managed to trim 60 in 5 hours. I guess this is quite slow, but I think it was more important that they were trimmed perfectly.

Rob took my photo and I have been added to their 'Toilet Door of Fame'.

I've been doing a lot of paper cutting since 2009, and I was very quickly getting blisters from the metal scalpel. I tried various things such as wrapping paper, tissue, plasters and tape around the scalpel. In 2011 I made my first scalpel sleeve out of a small strip of moleskin fabric. I machined the tops and bottoms, then stitched up the side with the scalpel inside so that it was a really snug fit. It did the job perfectly – it was quick to get on and off, protected my hand from the metal, cushioned and improved grip. When I visited the studio I noticed that they were using tape around their scalpels. So I made up a few sleeves for them to try. Everyone was thrilled with them, especially Rob. 

We all sat together for lunch – pie and vegetables. I thought this was a really lovely event for everyone to catch up. There was a very pleasant atmosphere in the studio all day – a small artist's studio is a wonderful place to work!

I spent the last few hours of the day fixing screen-printed transfer decals onto mugs. It was painstakingly difficult to get them straight and get all the air bubbles out, but not entirely impossible. I hope they turned out okay! 

Thanks for a great day! x

You Are The One For Me paper-cut card

I took the lettering from the end scene of our 'What It Takes To Decide' short film and made it into a Valentine's Day card. It's available to buy here.

Bespoke Love & Peace bunting

A DaWanda order…

Rob Ryan Christmas Competition 2012

Henning and I entered the Rob Ryan Christmas Competition – AND WE WON!
We spent a whole weekend getting this prepared. We had a few hairy moments, but what a success! 

Here is our winning entry:

…what it takes to decide from Charlotte Vogel on Vimeo.