Karen Bit Vejle is from Norway, and she makes incredibly intricate works of art out of paper. On her elegant and beautiful website, she states 'Psaligraphy – the art of papercutting – requires time', and looking at her work, you can believe it! Everything has to be perfect and precise, and her larger works look like vast pieces of lace. At first, I thought she must use a scalpel knife, but on her website it says she only uses scissors.
Her first show was called 'Scissors for a brush' and has been shown at prominent museums in the Nordic countries. From her website, it says -
'Karen Bit Vejle creates images of
air and paper. The works are formed from a large, continuous piece of
paper and then cut using only a pair of scissors. Karen Bit Vejle is
always cutting while listening to music and every single scissor cut is
carefully planned, as the slightest mistake can have disastrous
consequences for the finished result. This is a slow art of painstaking
patience that demands the utmost concentration. Which part shall be cut
out and which shall not?
Photo: Helle S. Andersen
From: Kalmar Castle Sweden
This piece reminds me of a great story, something that would have adorned the walls of the ancient Greeks or Romans (if they had worked with paper instead of fresco).
Exhibition at THE ROYAL CAFE, Copenhagen.
Photo: Adam Grønne
Photo - Marjaana Malkamäki
To see more, please visit her website and online shop -
http://papercutart.no/
http://store.papercutart.no/
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