Papercut Art
by Carolyn E. Guest

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Paper cutter Carolyn (Gorham) Guest grew up on a farm in Lyndon, Vermont—not far from her father’s fifth generation home farm.  She was an active 4-H member and, as a young adult, spent six months living and working in Poland as an International 4-H Youth Exchange student.  Folk art and crafts were always an intricate part of her life.  While there, she was introduced to the Polish Folk Art of Wycinanki (vee-chee-non-kee) or paper cutting.  This has taken her back to Poland and many other places to further study with paper cutters and other Folk Artists.

Paper cutting has become a way for her to tell about her experiences, the stories she has heard and reflects her rural Vermont heritage.  Carolyn continues to challenge herself by seeing what she can cut using her sheep shears.  She has chosen to cut with sheep shearing shears in tribute to her Polish teachers and the Polish Women who only had sheep shears with which to cut “Wycinanki."

She is a member of The Guild of American Papercutters, Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, Vermont Folk Life Center, and Vermont Craft Council. 

Special Honors:

• One of ten Vermont artists in a traveling exhibit “Ten Artists View of Vermont Agriculture” sponsored by the Vermont Council of the Arts and Vermont Department of Agriculture in 2002

• One of the five Vermont artists who made ornaments for the 2002 White House Christmas Tree

• 1997 Vermont State Craft Centers National Folk Art show at Middlebury, Vermont featuring 25 artists from across the nation

• 1996 HGTV Carol Duval Show filmed at the Vermont Handcrafters Stowe Show

No pictures or text can be used from this website for any purpose public or private in any form or medium without express written permission of Carolyn E. Guest.
Thank you for your consideration. 

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Carolyn cutting intricate artwork

Carolyn's trip to Chrzelice, Poland
for 700^th Year Anniversary August, 2006

Limited Edition Prints
(only 25 prints per design)

Each print is:

• Printed on cotton paper

• Matted with snow white with black core archival matting

• Numbered and documentation provided about the print

• Shipping included (U.S.P.S. Priority Mail)

                             

8"w x 10"h
$45.00

 

                             

 

Custom sizes can be special ordered

 

                                         

Note Cards
Printed with original sheep shear cutting scenes by Carolyn Guest. High quality printing, high quality card stock and envelopes.

Passages ©2002
Six-Card Set with envelopes,
description page and clear plastic sleeve

Six individual cards & envelopes with description page
 

The original paper cuttings were commissioned for the
Vermont Department of Agriculture’s 2002
juried competition Exhibit of
“Ten Vermont Artists’ View of Vermont Agriculture.”
This set of note cards are the prints of original cuttings
which depict my interpretation of the history of the Lyndon Town
Farm from before it was settled to the present time.

“Before the Farm was Settled”
“Settling the Farm”
“Farming with Oxen”
“Farming with Horses”
“Farming with Tractors”
“ The Farm Today”

All in clear plastic folder-sleeve
(copyright notice not on sleeve or cards
but was added only to the web image)

• Six different card scenes (as shown) with matching-size envelopes

• Cards blank inside

• Card size 5" x 7"

• Six cards to a pack, including one description label and clear plastic two-fold sleeve

• Shipping & handing included (shipped USPS First class mail for five packs and under, Priority Mail for six packs and over)
  Will ship only within U.S.A.

• VT sales subject to 6% tax on goods

Total: $15.00 per pack of six cards with envelopes

 

                                         

Assortment - four card pack

• Four different card scenes (as shown) with matching-size envelopes

• Cards blank inside

• Card size 4.5" x 6.25"

• Four to a pack

• Shipping & handing included (shipped USPS First class mail for five packs and under, Priority Mail for six packs and over)
  Will ship only within U.S.A.

• VT sales subject to 6% tax on goods

             
Four assorted cards, as shown, with envelopes

Total: $10.00 per pack of four cards with envelopes

                                         

Individual (identical) cards - five card packs

• Five identical cards (as shown) with matching-size envelopes

• Cards blank inside

• Card size 4.25" x 5.5"

• Five to a pack

• Card size 4.5" x 6.25"

• Shipping & handing included (shipped USPS First class mail for five packs and under, Priority Mail for six packs and over)
  Will ship only within U.S.A.

• VT sales subject to 6% tax on goods

Celebration Tree five card pack with envelopes
There are over 20 birds sitting in this tree!

Total: $10.00 per pack of five cards with envelopes