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Snip Shots: Cut Paper Narratives
A University of Michigan "Gifts of Art" Exhibit
SNIP SHOTS: CUT PAPER NARRATIVES Mary Gaynier Mary Gaynier, of Toledo, Ohio, began experimenting with cut paper in 2001, and has since had over 50 exhibitions of her work. Often compared to the traditional German art form, Scherrenschnitte – scissors cutting, where paper is cut with scissors into intricate, delicate folk art designs, her work speaks in different ways from different distances. At a distance one might see a more abstract rhythmic pattern, and then up close be surprised to find a scene of a bustling city or a child at play.