Well I now have 37 pieces created (I hope to get some pictures up soon) and I have been doing quite a number of "studies". For example I love Matisse's paper cut outs.
Henri Matisse, http://www.henri-matisse.net
so I decided to do my own paper bag version inspired by “The Clown"(Cover of Jazz) 1943 - wow what fun! Then I came across an old birthday card whose image I love and I decided to create one of my own out of Safeway Logos. Then I found a small globe on a Cala/Bell Market bag and realized that the Bunnies have declared war on us in WWB = World War B!!! I have also been creating my own papal picado or paper cutout patterns in preparation for my Altered Barbie piece and this years Day of the Dead installation. Now I am by no means as accomplished as this amazing artist cutter-
Carol Menninga, http://www.paper-cutouts.com
but she is something to aspire to! So far 50-50 has really pushed and pulled me in new directions and helped me to discover something new to be done with paper bags. During the last 50-50 stories emerged as I meditated on bag images and built new images with them. But this year I am an explorer, going where no baglander has gone before.
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