A Study in Paper #7: Холмс и Ватсон

[ldhenson]

So 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.


X-posted to cox_and_co (here), craftgrrl (here), geekcrafts (here), my dA, 221b_bakerst (here)

Comments

[grey-summer.livejournal.com]

Love it. It's absolutely gorgeous.
Sherlock looks somehow surprised here)

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Love the lettering as a frame and Solomin is instantly recognisable!

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

I love that last one with the shadow. I love that your art makes more art.

[reasonabsurd.livejournal.com]

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.

[morelindo.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that is so gorgeous. You're so talented and these are just something completely different, I am in awe every time you post a new one.
Thank you for sharing these with us.

[sazzat.livejournal.com]

That's really beautiful. The Russian series is my favourite too, so I love this :D

[suddenlyflying.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's very lovely! I like how the silhouettes are very obviously them.

[specialcamper.livejournal.com]

Yay! This is fantastic! I think Vitaly Solomin is my favorite Watson.

[schonste.livejournal.com]

je l'adore!! ahh...so pretty. it's funny b/c I first saw it and thought it was just a canon cutout, AND I RECOGNIZED RUSSIAN WATSON'S LITTLE LIPPY POUT.
this is awesome. ♥

[ironicbees.livejournal.com]

Love it, especially the Cyrillic names on the sides. ♥ How do you get all these great ideas?

Neat pendant, too!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!

Hee, Holmes is in the middle of explaining something here, and Watson is dutifully listening. As always <3

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Profile portraits are surprisingly tricky to cut (I made a point of never doing profiles in my fannish snowflakes (http://ldhenson.livejournal.com/tag/snowflakes)) but I couldn't resist, so I'm happy they're recognizable here!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that's an awesome way of describing it <3

[heehee11.livejournal.com]

Wow! You're brilliant! (and I'll repeat it when you'll post more!) Again, the pictures you take of your work are really nice too. And #6 was soooo romantic! This one too, btw ^^

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

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!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

*is something

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I love trying out new ideas with paper and I'm glad people are enjoying these.

[ryals-shoal.livejournal.com]

Fantastic work and great pictures! This is such a fantastic piece of art, and a wonderful piece of Sherlock Holmes art! ♥

[sarahk-2009.livejournal.com]

I always love your work! But that shadow picture is absolutely manufique! (or however you spell that word! c(:<) lol

[fullofowls.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful! I wish I had such skill.

[reasonabsurd.livejournal.com]

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.

[reasonabsurd.livejournal.com]

You could even do a cutout of them sitting in their armchairs in front of the fire.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!

Love Watson's expression in your icon.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love hearing that they're so recognizable.

[railise]

This is amazing-- I'm always awed to see your papercuts on geekcrafts. You have a real gift!!