I think Russian nesting dolls have such an adorable shape—so I decided to make one of them the subject of my most recent papercut. I cut my design out of 18 x 24 white watercolor paper, and mounted it against a lovely textured teal drawing paper.
Matryoshka
I think Russian nesting dolls have such an adorable shape—so I decided to make one of them the subject of my most recent papercut. I cut my design out of 18 x 24 white watercolor paper, and mounted it against a lovely textured teal drawing paper.
A few Sweden Pics
There was not much salvageable from my Swedish photo efforts—I think my lack of interest in this being a primary documentation method and a poorer than usual performance from my camera itself combined in the perfect storm to create a just a huge pile of crud. Here are a couple I pulled from the wreckage...
Uppsala Cathedral
Uppsala Graveyard
A lake somewhere in northern Sweden
Caitlin and the swan
train station
swedish meatballs
pretty picnic!
smorgastorta (fish sandwich cake)
Old Stockholm
Old Sotckholm
Old Sockholm
Old Sockholm
Old Sockholm
Old Sockholm
Stockholm Waterfront
Umlaut! {I love umlauts.}
Movie Theater
Uppsala
A very typical Swedish house {they're all adorable}
Viking burial grounds
Viking burial grounds
Viking burial grounds
Viking burial grounds
Swedish wilderness
Anders Zorn estate
Amanda Goes to Sweden!
This 58 page adventure documented my recent trip to Sweden in real time—I dew each page as the trip unfolded. It was a vacation, so I made one rule to keep this from becoming a burden—no digital editing! The whole thing was done entirely in marker and colored pencil. Click here to check it out!
Gettin' Fancy
The plan:My friend Jason and I wanted to treat our friends for their birthdays with a gift certificate to a fancy restaurant and an evening of us babysitting their kid so they could go to said restaurant. The problem:
Unfortunately, the restaurant was so fancy that they sniffed at the mention of gift certificates.
The solution:
So we decided to make our own.
My style doesn't lend itself to frequent opportunities to write in script, so I was particularly interested in the lettering. After a bunch of tries, I got some half-decent letterforms that met my standard of cuteness, but the whole land of cursive is obviously one I'm gonna need to spend more time getting my head around. I learned a lot from this exercise, so I think it was a reasonably successful first exploration.
Nusnäs, Sweden
One of my recent adventures in Sweden was a trip to the little town of Nusnäs {population 724}, the center of the traditional Swedish craft of dala horses. The hand carved and hand painted wooden creatures are in every gift shop in the land, and it was pretty neat to see where they came from.
{old style}
{contemporary style; the most popular kinds are red and blue}
My friend Katie with an awesome giant Dala rooster :)
My favorite items in the shop were these amazing {and large!} carved wood flowers—so cool!
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