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New spring handcut prints and incense holders have hit our shop despite a new flurry of snow this morning! Small hand carved incense holders with flourish on pink alabaster + two traditional papercuts printed and sliced on our vintage studio paper cutter and then trimmed with golden scissors for good luck!

New spring handcut prints and incense holders have hit our shop despite a new flurry of snow this morning! Small hand carved incense holders with flourish on pink alabaster + two traditional papercuts printed and sliced on our vintage studio paper cutter and then trimmed with golden scissors for good luck!

Happy Chinese New Year from the team at Gentle Fool Studio 🧧🧧🧧🐎🐎🐎 Hope you get rich!!!

Happy Chinese New Year from the team at Gentle Fool Studio 🧧🧧🧧🐎🐎🐎 Hope you get rich!!!

More stonemasonry journal pages from Myles's sketchbook over the last year

More stonemasonry journal pages from Myles's sketchbook over the last year

A few recent papercuts I've worked on this week!!!

A few recent papercuts I've worked on this week!!!

Stone masonry journal pages from our resident big rock guy Myles's workbook he's kept doing different projects over the last year - showing planning for carvings and sketch practice. He used to be a 3D artist and did most of his art on the computer doing animations and rendered models for many years but switched to learning the stone masonry practice since moving to the woods. Always having an affection for ancient art and physical art despite it being an age of constant digital art hacks and short cuts - returning to a art form that requires physical strength and slowly built techniques connected to the earth has been a beautiful new relationship in our lives.
Proof some of the best things in life need learned slow and steady with no teachers besides the medium itself!

Stone masonry journal pages from our resident big rock guy Myles's workbook he's kept doing different projects over the last year - showing planning for carvings and sketch practice. He used to be a 3D artist and did most of his art on the computer doing animations and rendered models for many years but switched to learning the stone masonry practice since moving to the woods. Always having an affection for ancient art and physical art despite it being an age of constant digital art hacks and short cuts - returning to a art form that requires physical strength and slowly built techniques connected to the earth has been a beautiful new relationship in our lives.
Proof some of the best things in life need learned slow and steady with no teachers besides the medium itself!

Chinese opera mask papercut inspired by my grandparent's careers on the stage - it feels lucky anytime I find these opera masks scattered in the world, like a piece of myself is returning

Chinese opera mask papercut inspired by my grandparent's careers on the stage - it feels lucky anytime I find these opera masks scattered in the world, like a piece of myself is returning

I've been getting a lot of questions recently about how I make my original papercuts and what the process for them is - and the reason I've been slow to answer is that I think sometimes people expect a much more complex answer than the one I really have!
Paper cutting for me is done the traditional way, no specialized tools or lengthy techniques - just scissors and my favorite memo pad paper that I've gotten very familiar and trusted with.
What makes this art form so special to me is that what makes it hard is not just getting good at cutting small details and curves that can be quite delicate to maneuver with normal scissors, but that the truly difficult part is envisioning the imagery in my mind without pulling from other art or references like many people do with drawings or paintings! The hardest aspect is letting my mind do what's I've tirelessly trained it for over a lifetime of making art in different mediums, and being able to hold a unique image based off just a theme or concept given to me and then cutting it out, no special tricks.
When I do commissions this is especially challenging because the charm of my papercuts comes from their simplicity and originality without compromising on the limitations that come with choosing to use only scissors and one standard paper size - but the uniformity makes them recognizable and fulfilling for me to make collections and perfect my work flow in one specific set of circumstances!
So in short, the process is the same as what you may have learned cutting out snowflakes in grade school (which I actually was never good at, I don't like super detailed geometric designs), and what makes them special cannot be explained or shown because that's the part that happens in my imagination that I've trained and honed over many years of discipline to be able to use in this craft!
Unlike screen recording a digital illustration that shows rough sketches, layers of coloring and lighting then detailing with tools - my papercuts take longest to be created in spirit before being cut out over time. This is my secret recipe for my art that is unique to my own skills and mind!
Simple in execution and complex in imagination.

I've been getting a lot of questions recently about how I make my original papercuts and what the process for them is - and the reason I've been slow to answer is that I think sometimes people expect a much more complex answer than the one I really have!
Paper cutting for me is done the traditional way, no specialized tools or lengthy techniques - just scissors and my favorite memo pad paper that I've gotten very familiar and trusted with.
What makes this art form so special to me is that what makes it hard is not just getting good at cutting small details and curves that can be quite delicate to maneuver with normal scissors, but that the truly difficult part is envisioning the imagery in my mind without pulling from other art or references like many people do with drawings or paintings! The hardest aspect is letting my mind do what's I've tirelessly trained it for over a lifetime of making art in different mediums, and being able to hold a unique image based off just a theme or concept given to me and then cutting it out, no special tricks.
When I do commissions this is especially challenging because the charm of my papercuts comes from their simplicity and originality without compromising on the limitations that come with choosing to use only scissors and one standard paper size - but the uniformity makes them recognizable and fulfilling for me to make collections and perfect my work flow in one specific set of circumstances!
So in short, the process is the same as what you may have learned cutting out snowflakes in grade school (which I actually was never good at, I don't like super detailed geometric designs), and what makes them special cannot be explained or shown because that's the part that happens in my imagination that I've trained and honed over many years of discipline to be able to use in this craft!
Unlike screen recording a digital illustration that shows rough sketches, layers of coloring and lighting then detailing with tools - my papercuts take longest to be created in spirit before being cut out over time. This is my secret recipe for my art that is unique to my own skills and mind!
Simple in execution and complex in imagination.

35mm film pictures for Super Bunny Pop Studio set up this winter

35mm film pictures for Super Bunny Pop Studio set up this winter

35mm film of our first Gentle Fool Studio pop up with the sweeties at @showpony_studio_ in December with paper cutting, calendars, prints, and hand carved stone incense holders <3

35mm film of our first Gentle Fool Studio pop up with the sweeties at @showpony_studio_ in December with paper cutting, calendars, prints, and hand carved stone incense holders <3

Attention all gentle fools: all current calendar, stone incense holders and prints have been sent out!!! Thank you so much for supporting our little studio this season and for your patience in the end of year chaos - more coming soon!!!
You still have time to grab one from our site if you didn't get a calendar yet, the year is young and life is more fun when lovingly decorated 🦢

Attention all gentle fools: all current calendar, stone incense holders and prints have been sent out!!! Thank you so much for supporting our little studio this season and for your patience in the end of year chaos - more coming soon!!!
You still have time to grab one from our site if you didn't get a calendar yet, the year is young and life is more fun when lovingly decorated 🦢

Thank you to @showpony_studio_ for the wonderful invite to vend a sweet holiday show!!! All the talented ithacans we got to meet and see their works was so inspiring and it meant to much to see familiar faces too! Go check it out day 2 today!!! Get a calendar, touch a stone, take home a sticker!!!

Thank you to @showpony_studio_ for the wonderful invite to vend a sweet holiday show!!! All the talented ithacans we got to meet and see their works was so inspiring and it meant to much to see familiar faces too! Go check it out day 2 today!!! Get a calendar, touch a stone, take home a sticker!!!

First official gentle fool studio papercut print has been rendered, tested, and framed for our own little home office space! Getting everything ready so all the archived papercut pieces can be purchased on the site soon <3 stay tuned

First official gentle fool studio papercut print has been rendered, tested, and framed for our own little home office space! Getting everything ready so all the archived papercut pieces can be purchased on the site soon <3 stay tuned

Welcoming Gentle Fool Studio into the world with a soft launch of our site with artist portfolios, hand carved rock incense holders, and all the Cursed Girl Cookbooks finally available for digital download in pdf form!

"Gentle Fool" is a name we came up with together in our first spring in upstate New York that was inspired by our collective love of The Fool tarot card and it's themes of new beginnings, faith in the future ahead even without experience, a belief in a kind universe, and all the beginner's luck that comes with approaching change with an open heart and curiosity.

Paper cut and stone carving commission inquiries are open + prints are coming to the site soon 🎪

Welcoming Gentle Fool Studio into the world with a soft launch of our site with artist portfolios, hand carved rock incense holders, and all the Cursed Girl Cookbooks finally available for digital download in pdf form!

"Gentle Fool" is a name we came up with together in our first spring in upstate New York that was inspired by our collective love of The Fool tarot card and it's themes of new beginnings, faith in the future ahead even without experience, a belief in a kind universe, and all the beginner's luck that comes with approaching change with an open heart and curiosity.

Paper cut and stone carving commission inquiries are open + prints are coming to the site soon 🎪

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