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britta kling biography
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[Biography] [Gallery]
Lived: - present
GAP Member Since: 1988-01-01
Type: Scherenschnitte
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P.O. Box 232704
Leucadia CA 92023
USA
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California Garden - Cymbidium orchid, little violet, and Gazania
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West coast papercutting artist Britta Kling practices
Scherenschnitt of her native Germany. She was introduced
to scissor-cutting while attending high school in Stuttgart,
and continued her art education by studying famous cuttings
in German museums.
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Immigrating to the U.S., she pursued her art in Boston.
Her first exhibition was held at the Nagbie Gallery in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1957. Not untill the late
1960\'s, after raising her family, did she resume her
career as artist and illustrator. Her work has been featured
in galleries in Colorado, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, and in
California, where she and her family have lived since 1974.
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A Desert Christmas - Many different cactus blossoms (lights) on a Yucca plant.
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Japanese Anemone
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Although she continues to produce traditional
Scherenschnitte. her work has evolved to include
highly personal designs drawn from nature. "I get my
inspiration from shrubs, birds, butterflies, and trees.
When camping, I draw a flower to bring home to cut at
my leisure." She has also become expert at cutting designs
that incorporate man-made images of the 19th century.
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Her materials are those of a Scherenschnitte
artist: black surfaced silhouette paper and long handled
scissors. "I have had my scissors over 30 years.
I have a scissor-man in Germany who tightens and sharpens
them for me whenever I vist, and that suffices untill
the next time."
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Today, Mrs. Kling pursues her interests in music,
teaching, and embroidery. She publishes her own line of
greeting cards, and her work is featured at the cooperative
Offtrack Gallery in Encinitas, California.
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