Today’s project was inspired by a carving I purchased from Alex Mountain, a Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwagu'ł) artist from the Mamalilikulla First Nation. Alex is an Indigenous carver often found working on the streets of Gastown, Vancouver.
The final result was cut from red cardstock, mounted on orange, and finished with a black border.
I'm still working out a few kinks in the process—the SVG file and the cutter both need some adjustment. Once that’s sorted, it’ll be goodbye to the X-Acto knife.
The original wooden carving is shown alongside my paper-cut interpretation on the cutting mat.
