Laser Cut Designs!

Lino printed and cut out Red Riding Lantern. I really love the texture of the lino print in the background and the cut out characters have a really nice edge due to the laser cutter. The red of the tissue paper works well against the dark red of the card and the black lino design.

However, the black dosent stand out very well in dim light, so part of the design is lost when the lanterns is placed over a light but the surrounding area if dark. 

Hansel and Gretel lantern. Rough lino print from experimenting with printing media. I dont think the card was wet enough, and i used mostly acrylic to print with so the paint might have dried out a bit after continually rolling it out with the roller.

Although, it does give it a really gritty and grungy texture which contrasts with the smooth cut out line of the characters and the boldness of the light up area. The white stands out much better against the black in dim light. 

The three were created by putting the cut out bits inside a roll of normal paper, then placing that over the candle. Its gives a lovely effect that looks like shadow puppets. I love the way some elements are blurred due to them not being stuck properly, and although not intentional it looks really interesting and i could use it to create nice textures in the otherwise flat designs.

I want to look into this shadow puppet style a bit more, and put more of the cut out bits behind different papers to see how they appear after put the infront of a light.