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susan hahn biography
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[Biography] [Gallery]
Lived: - present
GAP Member Since: 2004-05-25
Type: Papercuttings, Silhouettes
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1411 W. 10th Street
Port Angeles WA 98363-5503
USA
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Susan Hahn
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Born and raised in the South, Susan grew up surrounded by the creativity of arts and crafts
beginning with her grandmother, who taught Susan to embroider, sew and, as she got older, to quilt.
(Susan comes from a long line of pioneer quilters, stretching back at least 5 generations, if not longer!!).
Her mother was also artistic, especially in home décor, and, in later years, as an artist and still life painter.
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Susan's dad was also an artist in his woodshop. He was always building something and had numerous projects
going all year. He created some beautiful furniture for their home. With all this inspiration surrounding
Susan's growing up years, it was only natural for her to gravitate towards some sort of creative endeavor.
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Paula at the Window
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Ancient Dog Bowl
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As a child, she loved paper! Books, ephemera, cards, illustrations, old photographs!
So when Susan discovered Scherenschnitte back in the 1980's, it was love at first sight.
She's been cutting ever since, and always looking for new ideas for paper designs.
She especially loves to adapt cuttings from photographs, art, history and archaelogy.
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In 1998, She designed a series of papercuttings, called 'Ancient Artifacts.'
These designs feature urns, bowls and pitchers adapted from many actual archaelogical
finds at various 'goddess' sites in Europe. In recent years, She expanded her cutting
passion into a love affair with silhouettes, with an emphasis on the history and historical
aspect of this folk art. For silhouettes, she cuts mainly from side photographs of the subject,
and has also adapted darkened landscape photos to the silhouette genre, using many of her own photographs.
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Celtic Circle
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Hooty Hoo!
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Every year, she donates several pieces of her work for sale through the local DAR Chapter auction
in the town where she lives. She has also presented programs on papercutting which feature the history
and cutting of silhouettes in colonial times, and the history of papercutting in general.
She is a member of GAP (Guild of American Papercutters) and has contributed art work, articles,
and photos to their quarterly magazine. Her work has found homes in Israel, Greece, England,
Scotland and various states across the U.S.
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She is 52 years young, married with grown children and now living in the great Pacific Northwest.
Her other artistic pursuits include being a published poet (3 chapbooks),
Poetry editor/publisher, writer, genealogist, historian, and bibliophile.
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Tree with Leaves
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