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above: detail from Rice Husband
Like Peter Callesen, Helen Musselwhite, Yuken Teruya, and Yulia Brodskaya, here's yet another artist who's very talented with a pair of sharp shears. An illustration graduate from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Lorraine Nam paints, illustrates and hand-cuts paper like no one's business. The results are Asian-influenced storytelling with highly detailed cut paper silhouettes.
These three stunning and intricate pieces are crafted from a single piece of mulberry paper that measures approximately 22" x 30".
Rice Husband:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9Pxbh-5kSx10LGEFU7E4SMuGjlxbIkLRs7hEyO-ukITzhzmlt7V3JQRtG_ZzOSTSWhiiM8ul__HDcMACsUPw1vLR17M74MrSjVb1njNM350SmOnK0RlQS-suoifXOZmhUg1NBAJ1N38/s400/rice-Husband1.jpg)
Rice Husband, detail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblzkSwlt-nahN__A_-3ED3ig-4krwpRxhA07FJUpZRe7sxi3RguLF0oZ2Wm8XAHnQQAc2LwwCkbkavdo4JMZqGIkK0DMPc8FSFPiO3CvHZK9cIP-BxXVu4bpmUfaqtoJQnwdE26F17E8/s400/RHdetail1.jpg)
Rice Husband on black:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AxljPDrdHiJJEq5YTV279TiTWb09dFpXTivpw7Jmke66R_TIDRhUopyV4YNKZ5Qdqgd1_L-MFw8wV_D9E9OfsQOub-hQUddMZt6bG-Q0_6JNLCOGWZ_dKaIxyOJAlC9l2XtW90cSerw/s400/rice-husband-on-blk.jpg)
Asphyxiation:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaUDliorAepUGnrpxzP6Z_-xGSOS4voTyV33EbUARX-VAI5Nbq0-QQwKEdeRK7mMOV8jgSfqC1VozDFmy40mRg_haPym_Aq8EqVmkgBaSurHMo_-gwhCUVwPnffjDN3hzQ94cn5SQX1Q/s400/asphyxiation1.jpg)
Asphyxiation on black:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgmL9NzUkys8wsSQ8YfzMbKhyphenhyphen15rnk1dElKR6URQJ-g-OOZkEweYrJtCv_VZbQcoOMZNhrPUcbuVtVPntDc5Mvp7Nu0n31m0lvjK489Pde_HJeqLtvDGexavAtuFZMvyABYvUYvLc3No/s400/asphy-on-black.jpg)
Asphyxiation, detail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDb2WStjkLCB3tJa46pR74EYQgLzLzpl_3F0skfSc8464guyd-6qbxQagiXD-IoKC1Tw786NpWsXAE6hxe_MWCSPTd6b2CvHt5vVHHSjm8cwjZaKUfC8tv14weedLtFlfMxbMM-Rnsy28/s400/asphy+detail.jpg)
Asphyxiation as a cover for a RISD publication:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzjmckHF7DYDizc-Dcs3yV3xyGxa67CJbZr62ZUHacZ9R5fsaTx8olwo3pFSvvHXTNezxSJdOsv6E7NMxMdqnDGStYFovOgooVd9yWrO9O1tm5vxXcRbrcv2gr1ccx9zcYYL0gET7kdA/s400/asphyin-use.jpg)
Gender Role, cut from one sheet of Mulberry paper:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIJ1TKBuPl0OAxUi3tOe8jrAHm1b8F3B9W1-I9_5kKqATdizCYDDxnWraPHbWtTsuVpGTVwOpezbtlGxo43kMutni9waD4tnKce1CWBh8qEmEp3DlGmNyaDbES2cSDqZUWQp_vCNxZAQ/s400/genderrole.jpg)
Gender Role, detail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsp6K6gcblhcsdLEHG37gBclQbMlaaBZp9IAD8iQaApVBGe5L2yvMxXfBkzzLcnhDieTOlFfsI5cGZGCYu1fgRcF9kzXgF13Yd4vLLG-UPChVsKN-33V9TW2hUxI76R3l1Zcl6QnBs4YE/s400/gender-role-detail.jpg)
Other examples of her hand-cut paper art:
Joy Luck:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfstJDfDrv7K_RCh_dXCnrm9qTOMTazn2BTKYf1jlcCE2q9Vsd8__ge-6QASAU5HbvtW3bMTKK_iagbQl3vJ763KdSFl4aHlFua4gn3-tB_LdcFwqA7lHa0H7-qQyk7-CY938DoaYo_0/s400/joyluckclub.jpg)
Joy Luck, details:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Q9B5OjWVlQ7HvSPzd_nB_x_km0GRdBHdWpOA6o8mMdWxMURQ4QAVyOMG-jUS5cnZ2PC8FUKLY1AJhLptp3V7tBSHXf_lkqLj-plXQgohEOOjxJ-La6d8v_dsSNrohmanYpsXL3hlaPE/s400/JLC-detail.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXgGliW_CUlxE6mRn8ThhZ1ODo5RsVolPjY3qaXHEnQP6eaOQgwQr_xVa2FU7MXtk5jMxmR-J8f3Pv3oNElvmr1PXI0YAbFqedArbDmNyMyL828hyfW0h3JlguG46pFvye7-Jj0KL8KM/s400/joyluck_kids_detail.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5LpQeO7GjBLMbVNFXDGocLC59LyJI4GdeK1u-ZUPJa7clJSKjI3cG2TpfSsVPqGk4UtsQAy-JyRMyH339D_31ut3Y05GQ0-Ypx0YzfNwNGNwbVSvjXY7_jlE3M_iCcbGNzQdASX0F54/s400/joyluck_birds-detail.jpg)
Starling:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cOa402EVFBjoLs_fA1Rlwd6_xDi86E4QaiZSk8Jcw-0XAcYF-W5G9IR7laYQtASRViEay-yUEVFAS0HkpRtmfiJBZQeCS4ifY3BFdnyfjBoWR6jljhJvXWgjZXQhEtPeg9B2DCX2-e8/s400/17_starlingweb.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOyxLKJgTsIiKSTCkU1wvbXT9Aeh4GkaB7I9ZaziAYwfAgvnDouE0g_52G4Zm7Vt-EjGJBle7zcB45w6I-g3YBYGVRfCR-w5o0FqPYjCjRJcJVpPAB3yCRtPykOaZGdMSlvnKFZtmMFM/s400/17_starlingbirdhousefinalwe.jpg)
Starling, detail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbdKKfBuuzHYg6EbiiiA5D2AkB1FwoQVotPuwGQLVU0u5BkrFxhTbc1gDxQVyGIgrfnFBfGn4-qzDzs4a3YWmJ6308wzNyOqE_w5v08HJJD22LJIeAjawPc13_PuURNCa8WFRyJKR2co/s400/17_starlingflockweb.jpg)
Self-portrait:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlICW9Z8QeyH4mdjQqyCs7CKzFnyrEFp6FS3yfkrbuNCVxoytHyckATrMOzZB-cJ06ScQSR48Yt9wQ1GLKCFqK3CqUnBrjLOnSxlNd9aFLe7iZ1m3OHzR2iy-9_H5VpQ2Kg0_rHjgNFo8/s400/selfportrait.jpg)
Be sure to see Lorraine's other work, such as her illustrations and paintings, like the bird and green eyed boy shown below.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQVX7_0qUDmUauIMXYzoG5JnXOnHohqhtAcbFxDDdZ9Vao22QeCBbP428ItkhkkK_zePHERMpcbk9FqW2_gPw_4anK4UTTxLCUtv3CZ-lEf-NJtl-CpmWUtiV4ZMKdVRNX8v6yssWl5I/s400/bird-illustration.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4h-U0gvabGybKFZfpDLEmpbrkzWXvFJRkv6VbPfptFc1_zjuUPiD2DzWJG8H8zn5JxdYrRD6QPmQsITYNNJ0E_ZjYbq1wrb_iyR2ukF-wyRJUyecpiDWRSNFITjiL1CyX96vkd95GLtk/s400/green-eyed-boy.jpg)
Lorraine Nam