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maria milagros-ortiz biography
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[Biography] [Gallery]
TXSG Operation Katrina-Rita
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I started papercutting in 1994. One day, when I was in a bookstore,
I saw a book called THE BOOK OF PAPERCUTTING by Chris Rich.
When I read the summary in the back of the book, and saw some of
the amazing and complicated designs that can be made, I started to
get very interested in papercutting.
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Because I’m a person who likes challenges, I bought the book
and started to do papercuttings. Now, after twelve years of
practicing and after reading more than a dozen books about papercutting,
I have developed my skills in this art.
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Horses
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Flowers
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In 1999 I moved to Spain with my family because of my husband’s company.
We lived for five years in Madrid. With that opportunity, I started to take
some painting classes. In spite of being a different type of art, painting
has taught me everything about color, hue, and form.
I have also developed imagination.
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I started to see things in a different way.
In every tree, in every landscape, in every building,
I started to see the meanings and differences among colors,
hue, and forms. All these help me in my designs in papercutting.
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Celtic Dragons
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When we came back from Spain, I was opening the boxes of my books,
and found those old papercutting books I bought before I moved to Spain.
I also found my papercutting designs and materials. I got so motivated
I started again what I abandoned but never forgot.
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Now, I continue drawing and cutting new beautiful designs.
I have sold most of my designs, and whenever I sell one, I feel
satisfied to be back home. On the Internet, I heard about the
Guild of American Papercutters, which made me so happy because
there are so many people who share the same love I have for this
form of expression.
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My last papercutting work was inspired by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
My husband, who belongs to the Texas State Guard, was activated to help
the victims of these two hurricanes. In recognition of the hard work
of Unit 436, I designed a beautiful art piece in papercutting that
was given to the Colonel of Unit 436 of the Texas State Guard, who was
very thankful and put it in his office on the military base.
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Art is a way to show others our thoughts, feelings, and our way of
seeing the world; it is a way to show others who we are. And there is
no better way to show others that we exist than the art of papercutting.
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