Photographing my papercuts in Bournemouth Town Centre

Following my earlier experimentation with photographing my papercuts in plant pots in the studio, I decided to make the most of the beautiful weather in Bournemouth and take some photos in the gardens and the beach. To give them more support, I glue-gunned backing and stands to some of  my pieces. This exercise did make me realise that some of my papercuts were weaker when made to stand up and the legs and feet were fairly delicate compared to more layers on the top half of the body,


In the town centre, I found that in reality photographing light papercuts in a windy and altogether temperamental environment probably wasn't the best idea. Also the context of my papercuts became a little muddled due to the recognisable  landmarks of bournemouth such as the balloon in the gardens and the beach huts on the beach. I also had some difficulty with the scale of the papercuts compared to passing by people. These ruined the illusion of the characters in a different world/time. I really enjoyed this activity though and think that other work may have a different outcome especially if the context of the artwork and photographed backgrounds were better connected.

The above image is my favourite out of this collection due to the well matched colour palette of the paper cut and the huts. The only issue is the scale as really the huts in the background and the sand in the foreground should be much smaller in comparison to give a sense of depth to the scene.