Paper Cutting: Birds and Blossoms
August 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Monday & Tuesday, August 18 & 19
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Learn the techniques and history of papercutting with examples of traditional and contemporary styles. Students will leave this two day workshop with several pieces of their own artwork, exploring different methods or approaches. The class theme will be birds and blossoms.
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Materials:
- an XActo knife and a few extra blades (any brand)
- a self-healing cutting mat
- a pencil
- black paper (any brand)
- colored paper (There are many decorative papers available but you can choose any type you like, even simple construction paper.)
- bring some source material (photos of birds, plants, people- anything they’re interested in making papercuttings of.)
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Artist Biography:
Dylan Metrano is a papercutting artist based in Bath, Maine. He spent many years living on Monhegan Island, ten miles off the coast of Maine, drawing inspiration from its centuries‐old buildings and migratory birds. Drawn to the simplicity of form, the boldness and relationships of colors, and the cleanness of composition, Dylan’s artwork is entirely composed of meticulously cut and carefully layered paper.
A self‐taught artist, his artwork has been featured on numerous album covers, book covers, posters, and in exhibitions throughout New England. In 2016, Scholastic published “Every Day Birds“, a children’s book which Dylan illustrated with his papercuttings.
