paper cuts

I've always enjoyed the silhouette and simplicity of paper cuts - the paper cutting is dominate in a lot of cultures like - German Scherenschnitte - Chinese and Mexican paper cuts. In art their are artists like Ed Pien just to give you a sense of scale the figures are life-size. Kara Walker uses the paper cuts as a narrative to her work - Walker says "The silhouette says a lot with very little information...." I foolishly asked Rob Ryan how much his paper cuts were hoping I can have one - I can only afford to admire them from a far. We saw Yuken Teruya's work at the Guggenheim in New York and was amazed by the intricacy - he makes paper cut scenes from well known shopping bags. I really enjoy the humour in the work of Peter Callesen. Paper cuts are also dominate in design - the first image that comes to mind is Tord Boontje's ever so popular garland light and designers like Heather Moore just to name a few - I am sure there are sooo many more - I just wanted to mention a few and will get back to this topic another time.