Papercutting as a first

I have never tried papercutting before, but it looks so cool, and I have recently been seriously inspired by Brittney Lee's papercutting work which is incredible. I therefore just fancied giving it a go - obviously in a much more simplified way! Also, because I only had a Heavy Utility knife, which really isn't the easiest thing for working with small pieces.

Final Piece

Creating the wrought iron fencing

When creating the wrought iron fencing, I would have liked to cut out the intricate pattern as one piece into the black card, However because I don't currently have the tools to work so intricately and small-scale, I ended up cutting separate pieces folded and curved each time to make the segments. I then laid down PVA glue and put some pressure on each one to make them stick within the "balcony boundary lines". They are therefore more 3D than the rest of the image, as you can see in the photo above; taken from a side angle.

Materials used: Coloured cards and paper; a heavy utility cutting knife, PVA and pritt glue