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susan throckmorton biography
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[Biography] [Gallery]
Lived: - present
GAP Member Since: 1997-07-09
Type: Papercutting, Polish
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UL. Chelmska 42/44 m. 103A
Warsaw 00-725
Poland
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Susan Throckmorton
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I've been a teacher or librarian most of my working life and have
pursued jobs all over the world---Poland, Yugoslavia, India, Pakistan,
Finland, Indonesia and the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. I've also
been a collector all my life----- of folk art, for the most part, for
the last 30 years. When I came to Poland many years ago, among other
things, I became interested in Polish folk art, especially wycinanki,
or papercutting.
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I decided to take early retirement in 1998, so I could devote myself to
writing for children, but instead, after making a papercutting for some
friends who were leaving Poland for good, my life took another track,
and I have been passionately snipping paper ever since.
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Pepe
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A Profusion of Flowers
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I can cut traditional Polish style papercuttings, and my first work often was in
that style or used Polish themes. I still do that, but my work has
broadened to include many themes and methods. I usually use a pair of
small, sharp scissors and cut from black paper, but I also decorate
white papercuts with colored pencils or watercolors, paint the
backgrounds with watercolors or colored inks and used colored bits of
paper both behind and on top of the cuttings.
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My favorite themes are cats (I have four at home who usually accompany my cutting),
birds, trees and flowers and subjects like Noah's Ark, the four seasons, folk
tales, etc.
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A Border of Trees
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The Cardinal
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I've had exhibitions in Poland, the U.S. and Holland. I belong to the
Guild of American Papercutters and the German Guild and write articles
about Polish wycinanki for both their journals. Besides making many
original papercuttings, I've used my papercutting designs to make
cards, a birthday calendar, t-shirts, magnets and book marks. My goal
is still to write books for children, but now I want to illustrate them
with my papercuttings. You can see examples of my work on my own
website which is www.papercuttings.waw.pl.
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