Video: Paper lace from the Norwegian craftswoman Karen Bit Vejle
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Who among us, before the New Year, does not pick up scissors to cut a couple of snowflakes? A little patience - and a sheet of paper can turn into an unpretentious openwork decoration. Although, perhaps, no one will be able to compare in skill with Norwegian artist Karen Bit Vejle, which not only knows how to cut patterns with scissors, but transforms bumprom products into the finest lace with exquisite ornaments.
The fashionable nowadays word "psaligraphy" is usually called the art of cutting openwork patterns out of paper. On our site Culturology. We have already written about the work of such masters as Gunther Stabler and Emma Van Leest. Today we will talk about Karen Beat Weil, a real craftswoman who manages to recreate beautiful patterns on huge sheets of paper with jewelry precision. According to the artist herself, few Europeans can compare with her in skill, performing work at the same high technical and artistic level. It took Karen a lot of time to master this skill to perfection, because for 35 years she has been doing this painstaking and diligent work.
Karen Beat Vejle always works to music, because it helps her to focus, gives inspiration. One wrong movement of the scissors can ruin the whole picture, therefore it is so important to think through everything in advance to the smallest detail and not be distracted by anything. The artist herself speaks of the works of art created by her in the following way: “My heart and soul are calm when I have scissors in my hands and paper dances between the blades. If my work makes you stop and admire, then that makes me happy."
It is noteworthy that Karen Bit Vejle began creating her first paper masterpieces after she lost her main job in Norwegian television due to illness. Her favorite hobby helped calm her shattered nerves, but after a while the artist realized that she could show it to her friends. Truly charming works did not go unnoticed, today they are very popular among people who are not indifferent to art. In the best museums in the world, you can see lace fabrics created by Karen Bit Vejle. By the way, more works by the Norwegian artist can be found on her personal website.
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