Lois Cordelia and Erika Bülow-Osborne will once again be demonstrating the techniques of the paper-cutting folk-art tradition, using scalpel and scissors respectively, at a Cobbold Heritage Weekend at St Mary's Church, Woolpit, Suffolk, on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th May 2014.

The Fronds of my Heart shall unfurl towards the Sunshine of Your LoveThe Fronds of my Heart shall unfurl towards the Sunshine of Your Love

Medium: Silhouette paper-cut. Cut by hand using a scalpel.

Dimensions: Approx. 45 x 30 cm

Date: April 2011

Comments:
From imagination. Design incorporating a text of my own composition: The Fronds of my Heart shall unfurl towards the Sunshine of Your Love. The idea of the paper fan unfurling suggested the unfurling fronds of a fern, which in turn suggested the 'fronds' of the human heart opening up towards the warm sunshine of love.

This piece was also inspired by the Valentine's theme of many of the scissor-cuts of Elizabeth Cobbold (1731-1801), who lived in my hometown of Ipswich, Suffolk.



Price: £500

Opening times: Friday 16th May: 2.00pm-8.15pm. Saturday 17th May: 10.00am-5.00pm. Admission: £2 per person.

The silhouette paper-cut and Scherenschnitt demonstration will evoke in particular the exquisite contributions to this genre by Elizabeth Cobbold (née Knipe, 1764–1824).