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Other People's Work #6

9/18/2017

 
Today's example is a frankly amazing mandala made by Cari Camarra, CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher).  But she didn't draw this.  It's not a tangle.  It turns out, Cari's a papercutting artist and has been cutting snowflakes and mandalas for years.  On Saturday evening while her family was watching tv, she folded some paper and made some cuts.  Below is the still-folded, freshly cut piece, and then under that is the staggeringly lovely mandala:
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The completed cut, still folded. Before the revelation! © Cari Camarra, 2017
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SNOWFLAKE CUTOUT ON PAPER, © 2017 Cari Camarra

I loved this.

But Cari gave us all a huge chuckle when she 'fessed up about the paper she used.  As it turns out, it's the unused end of a roll from her doctor's office's examining table.  You could hear the gasps and then the laughs.  She assured us it was pristine and had "no butt-imprints on it" before she worked with it.  (I think I remember her saying that she worked in a doctor's office and asked them for a whole roll of brand new examining-table-paper about 20 years ago, and is still using that same roll.) 

You can find out more about Cari's work HERE (her website) and HERE (her Facebook Page).  Thanks to Cari for letting me share this. 

Now, where did I put my scissors...?

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You may well ask, "Where are the first 5 posts in this series, since this is called number 6?"  Um...I've only numbered one other--the first one.  But if you look in the right-hand column on this page and scroll down to "Categories," you'll find a category called "Other People's Work." I've actually done several other posts on the topic and forgotten to number them.

Cari Camarra link
9/19/2017 05:31:25 pm

I am honored to be featured! Thank you! Please remember to not run with your scissors! ;)

M
9/19/2017 07:31:18 pm

Thanks for giving me permission, and yes, I promise not to run with my scissors!

Ann Grasso link
9/22/2017 09:35:26 pm

How lovely to be included in your coverage! Thank you. And now, I am subscribed to your blog - and looking forward to more.

M
9/22/2017 10:55:57 pm

Ann, your fabulous fan is in the NEXT post (Sept 20th), not this one, so if anyone reads this comment I hope they will go to "Other People's Work #7" and see your work there.

Meanwhile, the blog provider won't send you a notice when there is a new post up. Alas. Too cheap, I guess. So I periodically send out a mail chimp email to tell subscribers that new posts are up. Never more than once a month and often far less than that. One time about 7 months went by between "new posts" emails! Life just got too busy. Thank you so much for allowing me to post your work.


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