Sun
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Dec
2011
December 4 -- The Spirit of Louis Armstrong
Update: And the winners are...
Contentment - Me'sha Bryan from the UK!
Armstrong - Roberto Tani from Italy!
Classic MJ - Gerda from Ukraine!
Congratulations to our winners, and thanks again to Walter Land!
Walter Land works at a cozy studio across the street from Fair Park, a sprawling, 277-acre fairground that houses Music Hall and the African American Museum of Dallas (along with 13 other top-notch venues and museums). This is where he makes his art -- entirely out of cut paper.
“I use paper the way a painter uses pigment,” Land says. “It’s like painting with paper.”
Papercutting dates back 6th-century China, and Walter's work builds upon this tradition while interpreting it in a fresh, new way. Perhaps the ghost of Louis Armstrong is still lingering around Music Hall, breathing life into Walter's art. He sells his cut art in a Jimdo online store at landcut.info, which is as good-looking and well designed as you would expect from an artist.
Wonder if Walter knows that papercutting even has a long Christmas tradition - in the Philippines, for example, where elaborate cut paper is used to decorate parols, star-shaped Christmas lanterns which have graced Philippine homes since 1928.
For the Jimdo Holiday Bash, Walter is giving away full-color prints of three of his works of art: Contentment, Armstrong, and Classic MJ.
If you want to win one of these three prints, here's what you have to do:
- Comment on this blog post below - make sure to log into your Jimdo site or check back tomorrow so we can find you if you win!
Here's hoping all our readers have a wonderful Sunday!
Comments: 13(Discussion closed)
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#1
What an interesting art medium! The prints are beautiful - and so is the website. Nice job!
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#2
Coole Bilder
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#3
Wow, nice work! I really like it.
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#4
nice
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#5
Where's the parol print?
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#6
I love art..Thosse would look awesome on my living room or dining room wall. Beautiful art and so unique.LOVE IT!!!HOPE I WIN!!
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#7
"Contentment" is fantastic!! My whole life is rainbow coloured and I need this for the walls of my flat!! Great work!!! Me'sha xxx
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#8
Dying for the "Contentment" print!!
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#9
These are beautiful! I'm redoing my place and would love them in the living room. So much talent!
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#10
Another great Jimdo site! I love seeing how people put the platform to work. Great job guys.
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#11
Great art work and great use of Jimdo to facilitate distribution ! Well done!
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#12
Amazing artwork! I am a HUGE Jordan fan and that would be the perfect Christmas gift!
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#13
These are all pretty amazing.
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