Re: [Origami] early Victorian-era "kirigami" -- LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS (1830) [ fwd ExLibris-L]

2023-02-15 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
2/15/2023 Hi, Laura and Madonna When and how you succeed, please let me know! All I know about Lady Ann Cullum (my apologies -- I misspelled her name originally) came from this bit in the Pickering & CHatto announcement that I included: A souvenir of the Bury Charity Fair held at Bury St

Re: [Origami] early Victorian-era "kirigami" -- LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS (1830) [ fwd ExLibris-L]

2023-02-15 Thread madonna
It appears that the heart on the right was cut from a single sheet, with alternating strips either folded or left in place on both the top and bottom of the shape. The folded strips on the bottom were folded up above the top while the folded strips on the top were folded back behind the bottom.

Re: [Origami] early Victorian-era "kirigami" -- LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS (1830) [ fwd ExLibris-L]

2023-02-15 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
Dear Madonna and Laura I'm sure you're right, Madonna. When you make one of your own, please share pictures and directions. Your versions of the simpler woven heart are great! Laura, all I know about Lady Ann Cullen is what's in the Pickering & Chatto description that I quoted. My guess is

Re: [Origami] finding oversized dollars (for demonstration)

2023-02-15 Thread the_origami_guy--- via Origami
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Re: [Origami] early Victorian-era "kirigami" -- LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS (1830) [ fwd ExLibris-L]

2023-02-15 Thread laura S via Origami
Wow! Thank you Karen! This is the type of thing for which I am capable of putting everything aside until I unravel the making! So beautiful! Do you have the link to Ann Cullen’s bio? I couldn’t find it in the Pickering-chatting.com site. Thanks! Laura On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 5:40 PM Karen

[Origami] early Victorian-era "kirigami" -- LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS (1830) [ fwd ExLibris-L]

2023-02-15 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
2/15/2023 I spotted these lovely examples of cut-paper Woven Hearts in an antiquarian bookdealer's announcement: *Download image here: * https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg I suspect the left-hand model may have been made by a novice, rather than by Lady Ann Cullen. I