Workshop: Papercut Book Illustration
Presented Onsite and Online: (Onsite capacity 10 participants) - Innovation Lab at The Edge
Workshop duration: 2 hours
Become familiar with the application of papercutting as book illustration; design and cut your own illustrations
Materials will be provided for on-site participants
Suggested materials required for online residents:
Cutting board, craft knives and blades, pencils, broad texta pens, staplers, cartridge paper, acid-free paper in a variety of colours, scissors, glue
Presenter: Pamela See
Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling) is a visual artist who practices contemporary papercutting. The medium in the form we recognise today evolved in China between the fourth and sixth centuries. It emerged in the Upper Rhine during the fourteenth century in the form of devotional lace pictures, which were inserted into bibles by nuns. Papercut illustrations are a feature in books produced in both Asia and Europe.
Papercuts are made into books in China and there is, of course, a European tradition. Hans Christian Anderson used to make papercut illustrations.
The artist is presently undertaking a PhD at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. Papermaking is amongst her research foci.
Since 1997, she has exhibited across Australia, Europe, Asia and North America. This includes contributing to initiatives at the Qing Tong Museum in China, the Museo Gustavo de Maeztu in Spain and Arteriet in Norway.
Her artworks are held in several collections including The National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Australian War Memorial, the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the Huaxia Papercutting Museum in China.
