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ldhenson ([personal profile] ldhenson) wrote2011-01-24 09:27 am

A Study in Paper #7: Холмс и Ватсон

So [livejournal.com profile] aeroferret continued to feed my crafting addiction by giving me a shiny new craft knife ♥ Well, of course I had to put it to good use.

A paper-cutting for the Russian Sherlock Holmes series.


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Despite being a fairly straightforward design, this one took an entire week to finish (by contrast, I did #6 in a single evening). The tricky bit wasn't the actual cutting process--which, granted, still took a long time--but rather the planning, pulling all the elements together while still keeping the central portrait of Holmes and Watson clean and simple. Sometimes things just take a while to coalesce.





But I'm very happy with the final result.

Plus it's a nice complement to my Russian!SH pendant :-)





And one more pic, in different lighting:





Cut from cardstock. A little over 6.5" x 10.25", before folding.



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[identity profile] reasonabsurd.livejournal.com 2011-01-24 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Are those the banisters from their staircase?
And you got Solomin's little Russian nose!
I like the shadow photo. You should try taking more photos like that. Maybe even experiment with the angle of the light.

[identity profile] ldhenson.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
You're very close about what (semi-loosely) inspired the frame design...it's not the stairs but it issomething in the flat :-)

I always look forward to seeing how the shadows will turn out once I've finished a piece. I did do some more photos with them, but to be honest I thought people might find them boring!

[identity profile] ldhenson.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
*is something

[identity profile] reasonabsurd.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
OH I see it now. It's the fireplace thingy (that Holmes pops out of in a puff of smoke like a genie from a lamp). It's even the right shape. I love their flat.

[identity profile] reasonabsurd.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
You could even do a cutout of them sitting in their armchairs in front of the fire.

[identity profile] ldhenson.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
The armchair scenes are great. I've kind of got a craft in mind for the armchairs, but a cutting would be cool too!

[identity profile] ldhenson.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
\o/ Yay, you got it, I was wondering if anyone would see it!

I love their flat too, it's so cozy.

[identity profile] reasonabsurd.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Everything about the Russian series is cozy. Sometimes I prefer it to Granada, which I can't forget inevitably ends in tragedy. Russian Holmes and Watson always end up safe and sound, curled up in front of the fire.