This is my first Day of the Dead paper cut banner, or “papel picado.” I LOVE paper cut art, so I had a great time cutting this design out of tissue paper with a craft knife. First, I drew the skeleton wearing a hat on a regular 8 1/2″ by 11″ piece of white paper. [...]

Here’s a sneak peak of the tissue paper banner I will be using as a sample during tomorrow’s TV segment. I really love cut paper art and enjoyed creating my own design for the banner. However, I’m not enjoying the sugar skull-making as much. I keep adding too much water. Ugh. And it seems odd [...]

This week it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Scott Kloska, the papercut artist photographed above. I love this impressive paper art and was happy to write about it for this week’s art and craft column. Read more about Scott, then download his snowflake pattern. (It’s really fun.) And here’s a slideshow of his work [...]