Scherenschnitte (germanic style paper cutting)

I have been researching scherenschnitte, which is a form of germanic paper cutting and i have fallen for this style of paper cutting since i did my postcards from the edge brief, where i created postcards from the Black Forest that were based on dark and edgy fairytales (Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty) This style has influenced my ideas when i create my own papercutting and i have found a blog of the same name here. Below are some examples of my recent paper cuts....

Home Sweet Home

This is something i have started today and will be working on as part of Brief 5. It is on tracing paper and i used a black 0.5 black fine liner pen from Muji. I have started to embellish the text and i think i will develop a border or use this scan with a photograph as a background. I might even turn this into a paper cut design. hmm.

Paper Cuts.....

I have been creating paper cut quotes as an experimental series (that i am using for Brief 4) using Alice in Wonderland Quotes and have been selling them in my etsy shop, one even made it to the front page of etsy's website! (well they are for sale, but no buyers as of yet) and i never thought to include them on my university blogs as i have always thought of my shop as separate to my university work but i feel as though i can start to link the two together. Below are all the paper cut designs i have created so far (the first image is of my design on the etsy front page)