A Study in Paper #8: FOR SCIENCE!

[ldhenson]

Yeah, I don't even know.


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Just for scale, my knife there in the last pic is 5.25".

The usual paper-cutting parameters: cut all as one piece (from cardstock) and then folded; no adhesives; cutting and folding only.

Also, somebody please send help.


X-posted to sherlockbbc, cox_and_co, my dA

Comments

[tricksterquinn.livejournal.com]

John is SO John.

I am slightly at a loss at to how this relates to the original flat piece of paper it began life as (if that makes any sense?), but that actually makes it a fascinating puzzle in addition to hilarious and awesome.

Also, I have the correct icon for this one.

Incidentally, I've begun playing with papercutting myself - currently words, but mostly I am discovering how a) I need more practice, and b) that I need a knife with a much smaller point - I find I want to hold it very close to the tip, which is a terrible idea with a plan exacto... Yours looks more suited to the purpose.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You're right, figuring out how to "lift" Sherlock from the surface of the slide, while still keeping enough paper together to assemble the slide itself, was definitely a challenge. To my surprise John proved just as difficult, but for other reasons.

Yay for more paper-cutting! Interestingly I'm used to holding my knife pretty high up. Never really thought about it before, but I suppose that how it's turned out. The knife in the pic was an Xmas gift, and the tiny blade is nice for tight curves. I swap between it and my sliding exacto's depending on which feels more comfortable. It's different for everyone, I guess. Are you going to post your cuttings?