Friday 24 October 2014

Wendy Wallin Malinow


   Fig 1: Wendy Wallin Malinow 2013 

This Red Riding Hood image above, of 'Paper cut animals and their snacks' by Wendy Wallin Malinow 2013, made me consider how artists have used paper cut interpretations of Little Red Riding Hood through time and the power of the paper cut in story telling.
Bringing to mind the magical work and storytelling abilities of Hans Christian Anderson.
When Hans Christian Anderson told stories he was always accompanied by a giant pair of scissors that drew in paper cuts, illustrations to the stories as he told them.

       
             Fig 2, Paper cut Hans Christian Anderson 
   Fig 3, Paper cut by Hans Christian Anderson 

References:

Fig 1, http://eyefun.squarespace.com/
Fig 2,3, http://theartroomplant.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/papercuts-of-hans-christian-andersen-ii.html

Brust, Beth Wagner, The Amazing Paper Cuttings of Hans Christian Anderson, Boston Haughton Mifflin Co, 1994
http://museum.odense.dk/museer/hc-andersens-hus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen

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