Sitting in church on Sundays, my eyes would wander to the multi-colors of the stained glass windows. Even as a young man, the fascination was there and only grew stronger as I grew older. The way the light played with the colors of the stained glass would hold my attention until Mass was over.
I began thinking, “What a wonderful papercut it would make if I could capture the look of the stained glass window”. I looked at the stained glass windows in church differently now to see how it was constructed. I noticed that I could cut the lead outlines in black paper and then back up the papercut with colored papers to simulate stained glass.
I began cutting, using a pattern from a stained glass pattern book and thickening the lines. After many hours of cutting, the skeleton of the papercut was completed.
I searched the internet for specialty papers and found several types that gave me different effects. I then carefully cut the specialty papers and glued them onto the skeleton frame. I was able to achieve that special stained glass look on my papercut.
I hope that you like the stained glass papercut and please comment on them. More papercuts can be viewed on my website gallery and on flickr. Until the next posting, have a wonderful day and happy cutting.(Sorry it took so long between posts but sometimes there is barely enough time to breathe—this was one of those times)
the look of the stained glass window”. I looked at the stained glass windows in church differently now to see how it was constructed. I noticed that I could cut the lead outlines in black paper and then back up the papercut with colored papers to simulate stained glass.